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lukan on Feb 28, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Clouds vanish during a solar eclipse

"It's so rapid that it's somewhat unintuitive that we don't freeze to death every night."

We would, if there would be no thick atmosphere and greenhouse effect.

Think of it as blankets, you can feel the difference in a winter night with clouds, vs. a clear sky.

ajmurmann on Feb 28, 2024 | [–]

The astonishing thing is that the objective temperature of the air can drop by several degrees during an eclipse. So "the blanket" itself gets colder quite rapidly, given an eclipse only last very few minutes.

gunapologist99 on Feb 28, 2024 | [–]

One of the reasons why the article talks about the unintended consequences of climate engineering.

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