Can you get tan from the moon?
i was just wondering if you can get tan from the moon
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D g say: You can tan in winter from reflection from the snow ...which can cause eye problems too..
The moon is too far and not white enough to reflect enough light
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Peter say: If you are pale enough. Ginger people in particular are advised to wear sun tan lotion during the brightest hours (11pm-3am)
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Adullah M say: Which kind of ray that cause your skin become tan.
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John P say: You can get a tan when you are along way from the Moon. But it would be a suntan, not a moontan.
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Manuel say: Only if you spray it on yourself.
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Ronald 7 say: Moonlight is reflected from the surface of the Moon
It has the Albedo of freshly laid Tarmacadam
So we get minimal heat from it, never mind direct radiation
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tham153 say: no, you need UV for a tan (or sunburn), and UV is not well reflected
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Nyx say: Go out some night, and give it a go.
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Johnny say: Yeah its a thing
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quantumclaustrophobe say: Not enough light comes from the moon to tan by...
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james say: Right quick when the sun comes up on the moon.
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Harits say: once you take a flight to the bright part of the moon, there you probably get some sunlight that not only able to give you a tan but might also burn you via radiation.
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Joseph say: Thank you for proving once again that there are not stupid questions, just lots of stupid people asking questions.
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The Phoenix say: Do you believe that you can put on weight, if you just look at a cream cake?
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CarolOklaNola say: No. The Moon has a relatively low albedo and it doesn't reflect much of the ultraviolet light that hits it. It absorbs the ultraviolet light. It is 4 to 6% in the ultra
violet according to a 1995 paper NY John Hopkins University scientists.
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R K say: no.
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poldi2 say: No, the amount of UV (which is what causes skin to tan) is almost zero from the moon.
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MysteryGuy say: Can you get a tan from shinning the sun in a mirror?
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Lôn say: No, it's much too weak.
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