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ChocolateGod06/16/20254 repliesview on HN

It must not be safe to be out in the sun then.


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ben_w06/16/2025

Density (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.

_Algernon_06/16/2025

Last time I forgot sunscreen at a UV index of 10 my skin started peeling of after half an hour so...

nkrisc06/16/2025

It’s not, for an extended period of time. Now imagine it was collimated rather than diffuse.

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vikramkr06/16/2025

So there's this thing called sunburn...