Comment by nkrisc Comment by nkrisc 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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.