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In article <93291@bu.edu> tvaughan@buphyk.bu.edu (tvaughan) writes:
>An interesting sidelight to the ongoing blue sky and Olbers' paradox
>discussion is the fact that the night sky is almost exactly the same
>color as the daytime sky, only much dimmer.  The reason for this is that
>moonlight has almost the same spectral composition as sunlight.

Eh?

Can you tell me where I can see the spectral distribution of moonlight
being the same as solar? There is little or no UV in the moon's reflected
spectrum. 


>Long-exposure photos of the night sky verify this quite dramatically.
>See, for instance, _Rainbows, Halos, and Glories_ by Greenler.
>
>Tim
>


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