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Photos from Mars always seem a bit dim to me. While Mars obviously gets less sunshine, being 1.64 AU away, it also has less atmosphere to attenuate the light. So theoretically, would the sunshine on Mars be less bright to a hypothetical naked eye?

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Photos from Mars always seem a bit dim to me. While Mars obviously gets less sunshine, being 1.64 AU away, it also has less atmosphere to attenuate the light. So theoretically, would the sunshine on Mars be less bright to a hypothetical naked eye?	1