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There has been considerable mention on late nite talk radio - you know who you are! - about the color of the sun. It seems that the past couple of years the sun has gotten much whiter.

With the full moon on the fresh snow the past couple days and nights, there was an opportunity to observe the color of the moonlight, which is related to the color of sunlight, without the overwhelming intensity of direct sunlight.

The observation is this: Artificial lighting has gotten warmer, that is, streetlights are pink to orange and interior lights have tended toward longer life bulbs. Longer life bulbs burn dimmer and considerably more yellowish than older style bulbs. All this is acclimatizing our eyes to a warmer spectrum, taking yellow and pink/orange as normal. Then, when we see in direct sunlight, the sun, which is bright but yellowish, seems whiter than it used to. Those who stare at computer monitors every waking hour are also getting used to a different visual spectrum than natural light.

So, the sun is not getting appreciably whiter, but we are getting unused to natural light.

I have been noticing for several years that natural light appears harsher, especially around mid-day, but when I mention it to people, they say "huh"? I don't think it has anything to do with computer screens or the color of artificial lights.

I also noticed a lot more crows than there used to be, but again, people just say "huh"?

So either I am more observant than most or I've lost my mind, or maybe both.

Your theory is worth being tested, but don't forget that we see the sun through the filter of layers of our atmosphere.

The question I have is what, if anything, has changed in our atmosphere to alter the way light filters to us from the sun.

My own anecdotal experience is that the I perceive the sun as whiter and the sunlight as harsher. I aslo wonder about the Earth's own electro-magnetic fields.......

The observation is this: Artificial lighting has gotten warmer, . . . burn dimmer and considerably . . . taking yellow and pink/orange as normal. Then, . . . who stare at computer monitors every waking hour are . . . appreciably whiter, but we are getting unused to natural light.

Does that have anything to do with this observation . . .? . . . I remember that Tonto (Kemosabi's pal) could tell time by the sun. I tried to do that, but I could not see the numbers. Is that because the sun is now whiter and the extra light is blocking the numbers? Can Tonto still tell time by looking at the sun? . . . probably not . . . pity.

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