Comment by nkrisc Comment by nkrisc a day ago 2 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News It’s not, for an extended period of time. Now imagine it was collimated rather than diffuse.
Copy Link kurble 21 hours ago Collapse Comment - That's the thing, sunlight is collimated. It only gets diffuse once it reflects of a diffuse surface. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link nkrisc 20 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Fair enough, poor choice of words on my part. What I meant was concentrated further (in terms of energy per area) than the typical concentration received at the surface of the Earth. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link nkrisc 20 hours ago Parent Collapse Comment - Fair enough, poor choice of words on my part. What I meant was concentrated further (in terms of energy per area) than the typical concentration received at the surface of the Earth. Reply View | 0 replies
That's the thing, sunlight is collimated. It only gets diffuse once it reflects of a diffuse surface.