Two images showing the amount of reflected sunlight at southern and northern summer solstices respectively (watts / m²).¹
Solar energy is measured in “watts per square meters.”
December 21st, 2007:
Reflected Solar Radiation During Solstices
Winter Solstice – Astronomically Speaking
Eric Weinstein’s World of Science is an excellent Internet resource for Mathematics & Science. Click on the globe for a Quicktime Movie of the Earth as its axis shifts through the seasons with relationship to the Sun.
