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Why do high altitude areas have brighter sunlight and lower temperatures as compared to the plains?

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High altitude areas receive brighter sunlight because the atomosphere of such areas is thinner and free of dust particles so incoming sunlight is not much diffracted and outgoing infra-red rays are not blocked.
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