Scientists measured sunlight on the Chajnantor Plateau, where the Atacama Large Millimeter Array is located, and found it to be 2,177 watts per square meter. This level of sunlight is similar to what you'd experience if you were 79% of the way from Earth to the Sun. How can a spot on Earth be as sunny as Venus? It turns out the clouds in the Atacama Desert are to blame. Instead of blocking sunlight, these clouds can sometimes focus the Sun’s rays onto the surface, like a magnifying glass. Credit: <br />Lighthouse of Walvis Bay: Anagoria, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011-02-11_24.JPG <br />CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0: <br />ALMA Antennas: Iztok Bončina/ESO, https://id.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkas:ALMA_Antennas_on_Chajnantor.jpg <br />ALMA Site: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/L. Calçada (ESO), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ALMA_Site_(artist%27s_impression).jpg <br />Tillandsia landbeckii: (c) Nicolás Lavandero, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tillandsia_landbeckii_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_72217558_on_19_November_2023.jpg <br />Tillandsia landbeckii: (c) Aira Francisca Faúndez Fallau, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tillandsia_landbeckii_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_95405597_on_19_November_2023.jpg <br />NASA/JPL-Caltech <br />NASA/JPL <br />Animation is created by Bright Side.<br /><br />#brightside <br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ <br /><br />Listen to Bright Side on: <br />Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV<br />Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/idhttps-podcasts-apple-com-podcast-bright-side/id1554898078<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Our Social Media:<br />Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brightside/<br />Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official/<br />Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en<br />Snapchat - https://www.snapchat.com/p/c6a1e38a-bff1-4a40-9731-2c8234ccb19f/1866144599336960<br /><br />Stock materials (photos, footages and other):<br /> https://www.depositphotos.com <br />https://www.shutterstock.com <br />https://www.eastnews.ru <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me
