Why is it that the higher in alititude the colder. Dont we get nearer the source of heat/sun when we go higher

Question

Why is it that the higher in alititude the colder. Dont we get nearer the source of heat/sun when we go higher

Answer 1

The air is denser the lower you go so the atmosphere magnifies the sunlight . As the electromagnetic radiation from the sun encounters denser air it meets with more resistance thus causeing more heat.

Answer 2

At higher altitude, the air is thinner, so there are less air to hold the sun's heat.

Answer 3

well this is because the higher you go the thinner the atmosphere becomes this is significant in that when the heat from the sun reaches the ground and is bounced back(reflected)most of it is retained due the pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere hence less reaches the higher altitudes.

Answer 4

Daedalus believed that too.



From Greek mythology:

Daedalus set to work to fabricate wings for himself and his young son Icarus. He tied feathers together, from smallest to largest so as to form an increasing surface. The larger ones he secured with thread and the smaller with wax, and gave the whole a gentle curvature like the wings of a bird. When the work was finally done, the artist, waving his wings, found himself buoyed upward and hung suspended, poising himself on the beaten air. He next equipped his son in the same manner, and taught him how to fly. When both were prepared for flight, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high, because the heat of the sun would melt the wax, nor too low because the sea foam would make the wings wet and they would no longer fly. Thus the father and son flew away.  The boy began to soar upward as if to reach heaven. The blazing sun softened the wax which held the feathers together and they came off. Icarus fell into the sea.