diego@cca.UUCP (Diego Gonzalez) (02/19/85)
Oh, Annadiana -- envy. I wish **I** were soaking (about to soak, or just having soaked) in a warm tub in the great outdoors and nothing else. In response to your question about the rays of the sun, the answer is "it depends." In summer or tropical conditions, the intensity of the UV rays can penetrate shallow water. The clunker is that UV comes in two styles or ranges of wavelength. One, the good guys -- I can't remember whether it's the longer or shorter wavelength -- is the tanning stuff and is (unfortunately) blocked more effectively by water. The other, of course, is the burning rays and these can produce rather severe effects on unprotected swimmers (snorkelers are frequent victims). In your (our) latitude, at this time of year, I would guess that some mild tanning might occur if repeated exposures in sunny weather were possible. By the way, my information is courtesy of the "Hawaiian Tropic" representative who gave the "sun-tanning" lesson last winter to our Barbados tour group. Believe me, it saved many of our skins (and I'm tan to begin with). As an additional note, the higher your altitude (above sea level, not your mental state) the thinner the air. In thinner air, there is less UV filtration and a greater danger of burning. Many climbers and high-altitude naturists discover this accidentally. In fact, I've gotten some tanning while skiing at near-zero temperatures. I hope this is useful. I'd like to hear of Annadiana's experimental results. Oh, envy, envy! diego @ cca
seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy) (02/23/85)
In article <1660@cca.UUCP> diego@cca.UUCP (Diego Gonzalez) writes: >As an additional note, the higher your altitude (above sea level, not >your mental state) the thinner the air. In thinner air, there is less >UV filtration and a greater danger of burning. Many climbers and >high-altitude naturists discover this accidentally. In fact, I've >gotten some tanning while skiing at near-zero temperatures. It seems this would be true, but strangely enough, it doesn't always work that way. I used to get burned in a few hours in Chit-town, even using sunscreen, but spent a few days in Colorado Springs a couple summers ago, at 6000 ft, and zilch! VERY STRANGE! Beautiful clear skies, quite warm (not that that has anything to do with it) and no tanning effect. Which was fine, since it's bad for your skin, and sunscreen is a pain, but I can't figure out *why*. >I hope this is useful. I'd like to hear of Annadiana's experimental >results. Oh, envy, envy! Ok, I volunteer to make periodic inspections and report my findings to this group. Of course if this is going to be scientific, we're going to need a control group... hey! what's that shark doing in here? _____ |___| the Bavarian Beagle _|___|_ Snoopy \_____/ tektronix!mako!seifert \___/ tektronix!snoopy@doghouse.TEK you know you've been spending too much time on the computer when your friend misdates a check, and you suggest adding a "++" to fix it.
annab@azure.UUCP (A Beaver) (02/25/85)
>References: <1660@cca.UUCP> > Oh, Annadiana -- envy. I wish **I** were soaking (about to soak, or > just having soaked) in a warm tub in the great outdoors and nothing > else. ........... > I hope this is useful. I'd like to hear of Annadiana's experimental > results. Oh, envy, envy! > > diego @ cca Well, as I mentioned at the end of my previous artical, the weather in the Portland area hasn't been quite as nice as it was the day that I made my observation about the sun. I have, however, had a chance to go out twice in the sun since then. Now, on making an attempt to get maximum exposure, I left the bubble cover on (I have 4 layers of that bubbled plastic which is used for swimming pools) and just streached out on top. The cover is flexable enough that I sunk down under the surface a little bit. Yet, it supported me quite well. As I was laying out there I observed that the only part, that one can really expose for any length of time, is the front. Personally, I'm a 'rotisserie' tanner. I make a special effort to get that even quallity to the skin tones. (be sure to catch my book, "Hot Tipps for the Tender Toosh".(-:) The other thing that I have been observing, is that the hot tub has a way of washing OFF the top layers of skin, which I had worked so hard to brown. :-( Oh well, now they tell me to put ICE on my injury. So much for experiments. Annadiana Beaver A Beaver@Tektronix "The pink ocean is rolling up in lazy laps against the magenta sands. The sky is rose colored and the sun is starting to rise. I'm felling blue..." -Ruby-
wa371@sdcc12.UUCP (wa371) (03/03/85)
> Oh, Annadiana -- envy. I wish **I** were soaking (about to soak, or > just having soaked) in a warm tub in the great outdoors and nothing > else. In response to your question about the rays of the sun, the > answer is "it depends." In summer or tropical conditions, the intensity > of the UV rays can penetrate shallow water. The clunker is that UV > comes in two styles or ranges of wavelength. One, the good guys -- I > can't remember whether it's the longer or shorter wavelength -- is the > tanning stuff and is (unfortunately) blocked more effectively by water. > The other, of course, is the burning rays and these can produce rather > ....etc Recent medical research seems to demonstrate that ANY kind of exposure to tanning rays damages the immune system. This leaves you vulnerable not only to skin AND other cancers, but also to ALL KINDS of infections. It works like this: The skin cells are damaged by ultraviolet rays. A normally behaving immune system would then attack all those skin cells, and that would be a disaster. So, the body compensates by PERMANENTLY suppressing the immune system in proportion to the dosage of tanning rays. (From a lecture at the Institute of Research in Aging.) Bernd Riechelmann (Not affiliated with, nor speaking for U.C. San Diego) UUCP: ...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371, ARPA: sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371@nosc
annab@azure.UUCP (A Beaver) (03/07/85)
>References: <1660@cca.UUCP> <195@sdcc12.UUCP> > Recent medical research seems to demonstrate that ANY > kind of exposure to tanning rays damages the immune system. This ......... > body compensates by PERMANENTLY suppressing the immune system in > proportion to the dosage of tanning rays. > (From a lecture at the Institute of Research in Aging.) > Bernd Riechelmann Don't tell me. Does this mean that if I spend time out in the sun, I'm eventually going to DIE? :-) Oh, oh, someone had better warn all those poor folks who work out in the fields. And those poor souls who live in the southern reigions that they should stay inside. I mean, the sun is so much more intence there. ~l /l /5l\ / 0l \ Annadiana Beaver / 5 l \ A Beaver@Tektronix /____l___\ ,,,,\__,,,_/,,,, "I'd rather be sailing" wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww