The sun in northern countries in summer is less intense?

NoPicklez 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Come to Australia during the summer and watch how quickly you burn outside without sunscreen.

	▲	tremon 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, it's crazy to consider how far north Earth's entire land mass is skewed. Australia is basically the southernmost landmass (apart from Tierra del fuego), yet it is located squarely under the Tropic of Capricorn; at the same distance north of the equator (Tropic of Cancer), you've merely reached Mexico, the Sahara desert, and the Himalayas.

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pdonis 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, because it's lower in the sky so more of the UV in it gets absorbed by the atmosphere before reaching the ground.

For example, in Florida in the summer, the sun is close to directly overhead at noon. In Scandinavia in the summer, the sun is only about halfway up the sky from the horizon at noon.

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xdavidliu an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

less intense than in countries near equator, not less intense than winter