A fresh blanket of snow and lots of sunshine means a bright day!  Snow has a high albedo meaning it’s a reflective surface.  Most of the light that hits snow is quickly reflected.  The opposite happens when in the summer on blacktop.  Blacktop has a low albedo so a lot of the suns light is absorbed by this surface which is why you don’t want to walk with bare feet because you’re feet will get HOT!

So when you’re heading out today don’t forget your sunglasses because of the snow’s “high albedo”

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