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In other news the sun is yellow.

• barbazoo 4y ago
  THAT would be news indeed.
  • alpple 4y ago
    Are all the visible wavelengths present in equal magnitude? It looks yellow to me.
    • barbazoo 4y ago
      According to [1] actually > it emits most of its energy around 500 nm, which is close to blue-green light then further down > Here on Earth, the atmosphere plays a role in the color of the sun. Since shorter wavelength blue light is scattered more efficiently than longer wavelength red light, we lose some of the blue tint of the sun as sunlight passes through the atmosphere. In addition, all wavelengths of visible light passing through our atmosphere are attenuated so that the light that reaches our eyes does not immediately saturate the cone receptors. This allows the brain to perceive color from the image with a little less blue – yellow [1] https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/what-color-sun https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/what-color-sun
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