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luckyman | 13:24 Sun 14th Sep 2008 | Science
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i want to know if i was lying on a beach suspended above a mirror /foil like object...would the rays of the sun come down burn me...hit the mirror and bounce back off it and burn my underside?
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yes
23:23 Sun 14th Sep 2008
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Definitely yes.

In ancient greek times one of the clever ones realised that if they got the soldiers on shore to reflect the suns rays onto a ship, they could set fire to the ship. They did.
23:27 Sun 14th Sep 2008
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...and some people use(d) those reflective 'collars' while on the beach to get a tan under their chin and neck.
00:48 Mon 15th Sep 2008

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