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minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months ago“You” are the sun in this scenario. As you back up, you fill a smaller and smaller fraction of the mirror. The reflection becomes less sun and more space.
minus-squaremozz@mbin.grits.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoI have a little reflective disc. I will bet you $100 that a reflection of a sunbeam off of it will be exactly the same size (i.e. the same intensity, since it’s not getting any bigger) several meters away as it is a few inches away.
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoTry that in your backyard with a small mirror. You’ll find the sun’s reflection expands by about 1% of the distance.
“You” are the sun in this scenario.
As you back up, you fill a smaller and smaller fraction of the mirror. The reflection becomes less sun and more space.
I have a little reflective disc. I will bet you $100 that a reflection of a sunbeam off of it will be exactly the same size (i.e. the same intensity, since it’s not getting any bigger) several meters away as it is a few inches away.
Try that in your backyard with a small mirror. You’ll find the sun’s reflection expands by about 1% of the distance.