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minus-squareMotoAsh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-23 days agoSunlight 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
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