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5too@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Right, but in the daytime, the portion of sunlight that is scattered on the way through the atmosphere to a given spot is partially made up for by sunlight that was scattered to that spot away from other areas, which wouldn’t happen under this scheme.

I’m curious how much scattering occurs - I have no idea how to find or model that.

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dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Oh, yeah. If you’re very close to the horizon and reflecting light that’s already plowed through most of the atmosphere at a very shallow angle. Tons, I’m sure.

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