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It must not be safe to be out in the sun then.
by ChocolateGod 1y ago
It must not be safe to be out in the sun then.
- _Algernon_ 1y agoLast time I forgot sunscreen at a UV index of 10 my skin started peeling of after half an hour so...
- ben_w 1y agoDensity (and wavelength), rather than total power, is important. Sun's 1kW/m^2, and even then you shouldn't look directly at it, and being out in it all day without protection leads to sunburn.
- nkrisc 1y agoIt’s not, for an extended period of time. Now imagine it was collimated rather than diffuse.
- kurble 1y agoThat's the thing, sunlight is collimated. It only gets diffuse once it reflects of a diffuse surface.
- nkrisc 1y agoFair 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.
- vikramkr 1y agoSo there's this thing called sunburn...