Eli5: why is the sun so much brighter and unforgiving in the winter even though it’s so much colder compared to summer?
In: Planetary Science
the sun is closer in the winter months…
aim a flashlight at the wall, walk closer to the wall light gets stonger but is confined to a smaller space… walk away from the wall the light gets dimmer but has a much larger space on the wall.
the flashlight is the sun and the wall is planet earth in this analogy
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