(urth) Red Sun (branch from Geen Urth Redux)

[Son of Witz]

> --- On Wed, 1/12/11, Son of Witz <Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: Son of Witz <Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org>
>> Subject: (urth) Red Sun (branch from Geen Urth Redux)
>> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
>> Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 12:58 PM
> 
>> You know, every time I've painted the sun red it just
>> seemed too dark, so I was backing off and using a very
>> orange red. The text gives us "golden light" from the old
>> sun at points. I've been working with color schemes that are
>> pretty much like Earth, ie, the light is yellowish.  I
>> imagine the old sun still looks like a shining star when you
>> look at it in the day or morning, and that it doesn't look
>> look like the sun does at sunset, red and not as bright, all
>> day long.  Sometimes I wonder if everything should
>> always look like it has a red filter over it.
>> 
>> Anyone?
>> Witz
> 
On Jan 12, 2011, at 11:21 AM, DAVID STOCKHOFF <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:
> I recall that stars are said to be visible opposite the Old Sun in morning and evening. Thus, the sun is not just red but darker/weaker. Even suggesting the sun is pink or red except at noon doesn't quite cover this degree of dimness. 
> 
> I'd go for a reddish filter in morning and evening, and otherwise a fairly normal spectrum, just not as intense except at noon. I don't know how much weaker OUR sun would have to be to reveal the ghosts of stars before the sun goes down or comes up.
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Yeah, the morning and evening filter is probably right.
It seems like it would still have to burn your eyes if you looked into it for a while. 
I imagine the average daylight to be like early twilight.