Questions tagged [sun]
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Why is it still day in Mumbai at 6:47 PM?
I captured this news channel picture on Sept 11 2018 from India.
We can clear see It is live telecast from Mumbai, but it is still day time.
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calculate UV index in vertical plane
Due to extensive damage to my face because of an accident, I am currently undergoing skin therapy (laser/IPL/medication), that makes my skin extremely sensitive to UV radiation. So I need to stay out ...
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Are you more likely to get a sunburn at the pole than the equator?
After looking at this post I can see that a flat object is more exposed to the sun at the equator. Does this mean that a person walking around (standing up), is much more likely to burn at the poles ...
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Every 202,500 years, Earth wanders in a new direction; does it affect climate?
I refer to this article on nytimes.com: Every 202,500 Years, Earth Wanders in a New Direction
TLDR: Scientists believe the earth's orbit oscillates between circular
and more elliptical due to the ...
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Why is there an unexplained jump when graphing sunrise data?
I am graphing the time of sunrise across a year, with times taken fortnightly. I have graphed it on desmos.com and the resulting graph shows a seemingly unexplainable jump between April 9th-April 23rd ...
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Easy homework questions about seasons and daytime
The following homework assignment is supposed to be easy, but there seems to be information missing from the questions asked (or at the very least knowledge from OP).
At which width circle does the ...
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What are the sunniest places on Earth? (including oceans)
This question did arise when thinking on offshore solar power plants, what's their potential, and how efficient would they be compared with land based counterparts.
Recently, it is becoming more ...
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Is there any correlation between Grand Solar Minimums (GSM) and earthquakes? [closed]
I've found many claims arguing that the periods of minimum solar activity are associated with increases earthquakes and volcanic activities.
Some of these claims are supported by articles in ...
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How much of one day can be considered nighttime, on average?
What is the split between night and day on Earth on average?
To further clarify, assume we are on the equator, I want to know how long a time, as a percentage, you could consider to be nighttime on ...
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Sun's Effect on Water Vapor in the Air
If the air temperature remains the same, will adding more sun reduce the amount of water vapor in the air - that is, does the sun have any impact on water vapor in the air when temperature is removed ...
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Understanding the sunshine duration metric
I am trying to create a program that calculates the ideal climate based on a set of inputs and weights. Something similar to 400 cities but based on more climate based options that the user can ...
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The sun rises up at 7:30 in 25°E, What time will the sun rise up in 15°E?
I've a question about time calculating.
The sun rises up at 7:30 in 25°E, What time will the sun rise up in
15°E?
What I've tried
$$25° - 15° = 10°$$
By the way
$$10° . 4 = 40 \space \text {...
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Why was the sky SO yellow?
Today, I was coming back from music school, and it was raining heavily. An hour after I came back, the sun started coming out from one side, and the sky wa very brighr yellow. The lighting effects ...
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Why does the intensity of sunlight depend on your latitude? [duplicate]
People at the equator get to bask in more sunlight than Santa Clause and other inhabitants of the arctic regions. Not quite as pronounced, but they get more than me too.
Why is the sunlight more ...
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Why were both the sun and the moon red today?
Today was a normal day, except the sun and moon colors were strange. After 5pm, the sky was covered with cirrostratus-like translucent clouds and the sky was a blend of blue and grey.
Everything ...
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Where did clouds obscure the American eclipse of August 2017?
Emphasis here is did.
I'm trying to find a source that will inform me about which locations in the United States actually had their view of the eclipse on Aug 21, 2017 obscured by clouds.
I'd ...
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Calculating Solar Noon from Sunrise and Sunset [closed]
I've seen the solar noon formula described as snoon = 720 – 4*longitude – eqtime. I'm curious if it is equally reliable within a relatively small margin of error (+-...
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How can we calculate the temperature of the atmosphere, including the greenhouse effect?
I've been struggling to find equations that express how many degrees of warming greenhouse gases contribute, given the composition of an atmosphere (and solar insolation).
What I did find was the ...
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Light at the coast - is it different?
I have heard artists talk about the unique quality of light near the sea, and now I live near the coast I want to know if there's any truth in it. Does being near the ocean affect light inland?
I'm ...
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Why is the temperature between the earth core and surface not distributed linearly?
So I read somewhere that the inner core temperature of Earth might be as high as 7000 °C.
Depending on the composition of the different layers towards the surface, the temperature should decline ...
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Why is the part of the earth tilted towards the sun warmer? Which factors matter more?
The part of the earth tilted towards the sun is warmer. For example, in the Northern hemisphere, the earth is tilted towards the sun in the months around June and tilted away from it in the months ...
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Why isn't the sun due south at noon? [closed]
I was going to ask a question about why the sun is not due south at noon throughout the year. There was a discussion on this site about daylight savings time, GMT, longitude, time zone boundaries and ...
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Is there any way to measure the amount of radiation the earth receives from the sun?
My understanding is that it is difficult to measure the amount of radiation the earth receives to the sun and that due to variability in a number of different quantities such as the changing distance ...
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Difference in sun activity between two towns (Eastern and Western hemispheres)
I grew up in a small town on a sea shore with hot and sunny summers (up to 30-35° C). I remember myself, my friends and relatives being outdoors for 12 hours a day. We never needed sunscreen, and ...
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Is there an instance where the sun sets or rises partly, then return back?
I am reading Longest Sunset from XKCD. At first, I've thought that he mentions these phenomena just for fun, but it turns out to me that it might happens, based on the level of somewhat seriousness ...
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Why does it rain during the sunny day?
What are factors that cause rainfall while the sun is still shining. The phenomena is known as sunshower?
The information I found so far is very limited. Please help me answer this question if you ...
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Sun's Highest Point on June 21
Where would you have to be for the sun to be highest overhead at noon on June 21?
Since the rays of the Sun are perpendicular to the Tropic of Cancer on June 21, shouldn't the Sun be overhead in this ...
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Equator and Hours of Daylight
Since the equator is closest to the sun, would it have more daylight hours compared to, say, the Tropic of Cancer?
I am using an example, however, would it be true if the farther one is from the ...
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Latitude and Daylight Hours
What is the relationship between the latitude and daylight hours for each season?
When I interpret the answer for the question, I believe the number of daylight hours decreases as the latitude ...
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What time and date is the sun directly overhead a given place on Earth?
In different regions, the sun is directly overhead at different times of the year. When do these event happen?
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Earth's Internal Heat Engine
What is the internal heat engine of the Earth?
Doing research, I found out that the external heat engine of the Earth is the Sun. However, when I did research on the internal heat engine of the Earth,...
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Sun Appearing to have Stopped Shining [closed]
What could have caused the Sun to appear to have stopped shining from noon 'till 3 in the afternoon? According to the Bible, at Jesus' crucifixion, darkness covered the land because the sun stopped ...
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The sun sometimes appears pure white after rainfall, how can this be explained?
I've noticed on multiple occasions, that after heavy rainfall, the sun appears a pure glistening white, even if it's already standing low in the sky. I can't discount psycho-visual effects as an ...
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Why can I look directly at the sun during a sunset but not at noon?
Why can I look directly at the sun during a sunset (with a lot less pain and unconfort) but not at noon?
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What model best describes the alignment of the Sun and Moon during a lunar eclipse?
In the first image the penumbra shadow area is rather small and would match the time length of a lunar eclipse, However, the light source/Sun is far too distant to match the Sun in scale to the Earth ...
