Yes, I know this sounds stupid, but there is a disagreement to be settled, and *SERIOUSLY* scientific info only PLEASE.
I don't mean just barely. The debate was over if you can actually get tan while clouds are over the sky, not just the harmful UV rays.
2007-12-07 17:28:49 · 11 answers · asked by Learning Conformity 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I appreciate all of your concern :)
But I wasn't planning on going out without sunscreen, lol.
I always wear it. I don't like the "I'm 30 and look 60 look".
The question was if you can tan, not burn.
I've been sunburned while skiing but never tanned - though I tan very easily and very, very rarely burn even in the Caribbean.
*BTW- I was the one who said "I don't know, but I'm going to find out when I get home" in the conversation that spawned this question on the beach today :)
2007-12-07 17:42:40 · update #1
Clouds do stop of UV rays, but yet they still come through. Now I never seen anyone ever tan or get burned.
However, the Ozone does block a good majority of the UV rays other wise people would be getting skin cancer like crazy. In addition, you could sit in front of the window and probably won't get even tanned, because the glass blocks all harmful UV rays.
It is a lot easier to get tanned/sun burned in the winter, since the snow relfects all the E&M radiation.
2007-12-07 18:27:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Completely false. Melanin is like a blackhole for light and can convert light and sound into energy. I can get a tan through my car windows even though they have a little tint. I think uv rays causing the tan is a myth. If glass blocks uv rays and i still tan through my car windows then either it doesnt really block the rays or tanning is caused by the energy from the sun, not the radiation. You can also tan through light clouds, rain clouds probably not.
2016-04-25 07:46:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you can. You can get sunburned too. Ultraviolet rays are what causes sunburns (and tanning). A cloudy sky has no effect on the amount of UV rays that reach the ground.
2007-12-07 17:35:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes of course it is the UV that burn your skin that makes it tanned and when the clouds are out that traps in the UV and so on
2007-12-07 17:47:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can get seriously sunburned when it's cloudy. The UVA and UVB rays go right through.
I have to educate you-the dangerous UV rays are what causes you to tan-that's why tanning is BAD.
2007-12-07 17:36:28 · answer #5 · answered by barbara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You actually can burn worse, it is because the clouds work like a prism and intensify the ultraviolet rays along with the fact that people don't suspect the sun to harm them so they use less sunscreen.
2007-12-07 17:38:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Generally if you can still see your shadow and you're not used to being in the sun you can still get burned. For more information check out your local weather reports then always list the UV index.
2007-12-07 17:37:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because the clouds don't block the UV rays.
Even though the sky is cloudy, you should still put on sun-screen.
2007-12-07 17:35:19 · answer #8 · answered by Zach F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but it takes alot longer. It is better without the clouds and just the sun. And also if you get burnt by the sun it will really hurt but after that you get a tan.
2007-12-07 17:37:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who are you talking too. Yes you can and just the same. I know I was there with different sun tan nut girlfriends. Take care.
2007-12-07 17:45:17 · answer #10 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋