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Re:Runway melts at London Luton airport as temperatures in U... by tehbeard on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @03:04PM (#32156395)
Actually saw it mentioned that albedo isn't directly connected to colour (and in particular since it's thermal radiation it'll be towards the IR side of the spectrum) there might be alternatives to "nuke flash white" paint colour.
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Re:Runway melts at London Luton airport as temperatures in U... by nomel on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:29PM (#32157522)
It's only directly related in the visible spectrum, which is a slice that contains around 50% of the spectrum that the sun throws out, by energy. I would imagine the actual color would be something near orange.
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Re:Runway melts at London Luton airport as temperatures in U... by yellowapple on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @06:07PM (#32158608)
> I would imagine the actual color would be something near orange.

Which happens to be close to the color of adobe. I'm yet again starting to think that native peoples were onto something.

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