Can refraction from Sunlight cause a hotspot behind the Earth?

Subject: Can refraction from Sunlight cause a hotspot behind the Earth?

Date: Sat Sep 26 16:00:05 1998
Posted by Rod Robins
Grade level: nonaligned
School: N.I.C.
City: Coeur d 'Alene State/Province: Idaho
Country: USA
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 906843605.As

Message:


Is it possible that as Sunlight passes through the Earths atmosphere 
that some of it is refracted and collecting into a smaller area behind 
the Earth?  Could this be a concentrated sorce of solar energy?

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