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That's incorrect. It has nothing to do with the wavelength of the light. > Still the reflected light has original wavelength of the light of the Sun. Collect e
by nshepperd 8y ago
That's incorrect. It has nothing to do with the wavelength of the light.
> Still the reflected light has original wavelength of the light of the Sun. Collect enough of it and that triggers fire.
You can't collect enough of it into one place with a passive optical system, because it's been irreversibly scattered by the moon's surface (Read: irreversible increase of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etendue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etendue).
- fpoling 8y agoYes, I stand corrected. Essentially an optical system will bring Moon's surface closer, but even if it brings the surface within 1 cm from the wood, the defused Sun light scattered from that surface is not enough to ignite the fire.