That's the thing, sunlight *is* collimated. It only gets diffuse once it reflect... | Hacker News

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		kurble 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DARPA program sets distance record for power beami... That's the thing, sunlight is collimated. It only gets diffuse once it reflects of a diffuse surface.

nkrisc 6 months ago [–]

Fair 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.

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