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this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2025
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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