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I was getting sunburned during the day just walking back and forth from house to car You don't get sunburn from heat, you get it from UV. You'd be less likely

I was getting sunburned during the day just walking back and forth from house to car You don't get sunburn from heat, you get it from UV. You'd be less likely to get sunburn in Death Valley as you would in non-desert terrain above sea level (given similar exposure and albedo).

DoreenMichele 8y ago
You don't get sunburn from heat, you get it from UV. I'm aware of that. I think you misread something. I wasn't in Death Valley. I was near Death Valley. As stated above, I was about 3000 feet above sea level. Death Valley is below sea level. The sun is generally harsher at altitude and there wasn't a lot of vegetation, so there wasn't a lot of shade. So sunburn was a big issue there. I'm also part Irish. So it was more of an issue for me than for some people.