Gremlins could never make it out here...

When it isn't completely grey here, I feel like Stripe as the window blinds are open and he starts to melt. I go outside and my eyes squint so much they almost shut. My face gets sore just from being outside a few minutes.

I couldn't figure it out at first, my only idea was that the snow covered mountains ringing much of the city were reflecting the light down into the "bowl" and causing a great concentration of sunlight making it brighter.

Today, I was talking to a colleague about it, and we began to put a few more pieces of the puzzle together. There isn't a lot of greens and browns to soften the colors, most of the buildings are white and yellow. On top of that, the elevation is about 4x where I grew up in the foothills of Appalachia. Perhaps the most significant factor is the suspended particles in the air which reflect the sunlight in every direction.

So strange to have so many different types of light. The light of the sun in the forest in summer, on the snow in winter, in the jungle, on the plains of Africa, and the city of Kabul.

Peace...