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albedo

 (n): the ratio of reflected to incident light
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8 months ago reesetee said:

Great article, brtom--thanks for posting this.

8 months ago brtom said:

I was enjoying the book until I came across the following sentence: "The albedo of Gilgit's brown, barren hills is high, and the heat from the sun just seems to bounce around the bowl that the town sits in." James Meek

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