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Having traveled around the world (Sydney based) I will admit the Australian sun does seem to be much hotter and intense then any other place I have been to. It
by boyter 15y ago
Having traveled around the world (Sydney based) I will admit the Australian sun does seem to be much hotter and intense then any other place I have been to.
Its also one of the reasons tourists get such bad sunburns here as they hit the beach without any protection.
- brc 15y agoIt's actually the lack of air pollution that makes the difference. LA has a SPF 30 sitting above it for most of the year. For most of the time, Australia does not.
- fungi 15y agocloser to ozone hole, more uv
- brc 15y agoozone hole LOL that's an old one. Ozone relative thickness deficiency doesn't explain the head-cracking sunshine in Cairns, which is closer to the equator than the south pole.
- boyter 15y agoInteresting. Do you have a source for that? I have wondered what the actual reason is for a while.