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Almost Right (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sunlight is actually mostly green/blue, more green at the surface. It just appears white because that's what we're used to and the difference in intensity isn't that much for visible light anyways.

See https://seos-project.eu/earthspectra/images/Solar-spectrum.png

Rest checks out as far as I remember! Though the wording about the scattering is a bit loose. More specific details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_sky_radiation