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How does the sun's height above the horizon from morning to midday change how milky a humid sky looks at one spot?

The verified facts do not directly show how the sun's height from morning to midday changes the milkiness of a humid sky at one spot 123. A 1981 study reports that during morning twilight the sky brightness ratio at two wavelengths is sometimes close to the value expected for pure Rayleigh molecular scattering 1. The same record links a red shift in the sky background to aerosols, observed during eclipse mid-totality, not to sun height 2. A separate undated note says visibility drops sharply once humidity rises above 80%, even when the pollutant particle count stays the same 3. The newest dated fact is from 1981, so the evidence is old and does not address the sun-height question.

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[1] documented
The sky brightness ratio at 3914 Å and 6300 Å during morning twilight is sometimes close to the expected value for a pure Rayleigh molecular scattering process.
"The twilight 3914- and 6300-Å sky background ratio is sometimes close to the expected value for a pure Rayleigh molecular scattering process"
Zenith sky brightness and airglow emissions during the equatorial solar eclipse of 30 June 1973 (1981)
[2] documented
The presence of aerosols in the atmosphere causes a shift toward the red in the sky background ratio, which is observed during eclipse mid-totality.
"the corresponding ratio at eclipse mid-totality is about one-third this, indicating a shift toward the red consistent with an atmosphere containing aerosols."
Zenith sky brightness and airglow emissions during the equatorial solar eclipse of 30 June 1973 (1981)
[3] supported
Visibility drops sharply once humidity rises above 80%, even if the number of pollutant particles stays the same.
"Above 80%, it becomes rapid, and visibility drops sharply even if the actual number of pollutant particles in the air hasn't changed."
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