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Old 28-02-2013, 06:14 AM
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Regarding the sunglasses conundrum - my guess is that in winter, the sun is so low in the sky that the light (including uv that sunglasses react to) must pass through much more atmosphere than in the summer when it is higher in the sky. This would be more pronounced at higher latitudes.
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