Maybe this is biggest conspiracy, they don't alarm or inform us (reasons you all know) what is wrong whit Sun end what is coming ..
Sun is no sleeping any more is very active last years ..
No shelters we by like to hot dogs ..

I have spent a great deal of my life working outdoors, relying on motorcycles and old cars and trucks without A/C and in some cases without a top or heater... The difference in a car today compared with an older vehicle is why it is hotter inside these days...Cars and trucks today are built with a much larger and sloped windshield and larger windows.. They also lack vent windows and floor vents so yes they are actually much hotter inside for that reason.. When I was a kid there wasn't as much asphalt pavement, air conditioning units in houses and businesses giving off heat in urban areas and less vehicles on the road giving off heat. Today the cars are equipped with catalytic converters, run much leaner air to fuel ratios and most are equipped with automatic transmissions which all produce much more heat... We were accustomed to walking, riding bicycles or public transportation with out A/C wherever we went and even the schools were not air conditioned... Very few people become acclimated to being outdoors during the heat of summer and seldom is anyone seen riding bikes or walking because of heavy traffic and the absence of sidewalks.. I'm 61 years old but if I take walks or ride a bike during the heat of the day I become used to the heat and it isn't all that bad but when it is 100F+ outside and I walk into the house that is cooled to 77F it does feel real good.

Interesting thread! I've always been sensitive to the bright sunlight, however I've become so sensitive in recent times that I am truly suffering if I go outside in the sunshine without my sunglasses. I have a very difficult time even functioning, my eyes hurt and water up and I have to squint considerably to be able to see. Not good if I forget my shades while I'm driving!!

So if we get a changing sun do we eventually start getting superman powers do to a different color sun? That would be awesome!

Back in 1990 I moved to New zealand where the sun was noticably hotter on my bare skin. In Summer the local radio station would inform us of the Burn Times for that day.. which were as low as 2 minutes on most days despite the air temperature not getting all that high.

When I returnd to Oz early in 1994 I noticed the same burning sensation on the skin seconds after walking out the door.. never had that here before and I am in my 50's now.

As a kid, the sky used to be a really vivid Blue, the sun was Yellow and I could play shirtless outside all day without getting too burnt.. although when swimming for the day we used to get terribly burned.. which is still the same now.

Back then you would only feel Warmth on your skin.. and so I used to lay out in the sun to feel that warmth... these days a few minutes in the Morning sun is enough to make me head for shade.. even in Autumn as it is now.

Seeker:- If you stop wearing sunglasses you will get used to it again and not have to squint so much. I tried it for a year and found it was only a matter of weeks until I didn't seem to need sunglasses anymore.. although passing white buildings with white concrete footpaths still reflect way too much light for my old eyes.

Im still pretty young, 23, and Ive never really spent much time watching the sun throughout the years.

But, this same subject has came up a few times within the past few years. A couple older people at my old work used to talk about the sun getting brighter. My teachers (40+) say the same thing. Supposedly, you were able to stare at the sun for a little bit without almost going blind. Nowdays, it seems impossible to look at the sun for more than a few seconds.

This universe is powered by our consciousness, so mybe we are thinking differently, or someone had a new idea.

Excellent thread, not to worry anyone, but there are greenish funny clouds over North West England as I'm posting this. Weird as hell/

Is it the sun or is the world changing? In the last 2 years I have read of so many and heard so many people say that they feel strange (different) or that the world is different. Apparently its anxiety related but I don't think so.

so you are telling me that the red has disappeared from a prism breakdown?

i don't have a prism to check this myself.

would it be possible for someone to photograph this ...one from sunlight, and a control photo of a white light that

does breakdown into the three main components?

Originally posted by Hessling
Something else to ponder...

Has anyone else noticed how little time it takes nowadays to get sunburned?

When I was a kid, (I'm 49 years old now), I could spend an entire summer day playing baseball and basketball and never get sunburned. Mind you we didn't know what the hell "sunscreen" was or what the devil SPF meant.

Today I can get sunburned in no time whatsoever. It's not just me either. Whenever I tell someone this they tend to reply "yeah, I know what you mean...it happens to me too!".

Looking forward to more member replies. Great thread. S&F!

I remember being 10 and playing on the outdoor bleachers of a high school here while waiting to go swimming. We would lay on the bleachers and get tan.
You cannot lay on metal bleachers now a days without getting burned.
Also I'm lighter than my friends who use to tease me because if I stayed out too long I'd get pink face (sunburn).
Now when its hot, I can't go out w/o a hat and sunscreen.
Yes, you guessed it, I'm black. Now how many others are noticing burns when they never use to get them?