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Lukeblackhill
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Hi!
My question is: I understand that at noon-day it’s hotter because of the angle with which sun rays enter our atmosphere. But at the same time, I was wondering that the band of radiation responsible for heating things is infrared, and that at noon basically all bands of lower frequency than blue light are greatly scattered, mainly most of the infrared radiation. So, at sun-set for example, when this infrared radiation is no longer scattered, it wasn’t suppose to be also hot?
My question is: I understand that at noon-day it’s hotter because of the angle with which sun rays enter our atmosphere. But at the same time, I was wondering that the band of radiation responsible for heating things is infrared, and that at noon basically all bands of lower frequency than blue light are greatly scattered, mainly most of the infrared radiation. So, at sun-set for example, when this infrared radiation is no longer scattered, it wasn’t suppose to be also hot?