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And it makes me think of fires caused by accidental optical focusing of the sun such as a polished metal dog bowl as one odd example and others such as hanging
by djmips 6y ago
And it makes me think of fires caused by accidental optical focusing of the sun such as a polished metal dog bowl as one odd example and others such as hanging glass artwork.
- blackflame7000 6y agoI accidentally burned my dinning room table after leaving a magnifying work lamp on the table the night before that caught the sunlight through a window in just the right way to focus it onto the wood.
- mattacular 6y agoOr catching a translucent bottle of hand sanitizer sitting out in the console of your car
- mikeyouse 6y agoWe had our windows washed last year and came home to a fresh burn mark on the floor in the hallway from where apparently the sun had been in the exact right spot with clean enough windows to focus a beam of light... We were fortunate that it didn't focus on something more flammable than a hardwood floor.
- chasd00 6y agoa buddy of mine is an architect. he wants to design a building with a concave facade such that when the sun is just right it produces basically a death ray. "imagine you're sitting in your office, causally glance out the window, and see a bird explode for seemingly no reason... " heh
- toast0 6y agoAt my college appartment we had a fishbowl with glass fish in the window, which at the right time of year focused light just right on the couch. We saw a wisp of smoke one day, but there were several little burn marks in a line from previous days.