oh...well now I feel stupid:P but why do people get sunburned worse when they swim as opposed to just sitting on the beach? Does it magnify UV rays or something?

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Because water washes away most sun screens and reduces the effective period to about 10 minutes.

water magnifies.that is why you are supposed to water in the early evening late afternoon....thedrops of water on the plants leaves will act as a magnifying glass and burns spots in the leaf.....

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water + light = algae?

A nice dose of hydro peroxide maybe?

No.
Surface tension holds the water droplet in a paraboloid shape. Thus, any incoming radiant energy will be refracted towards the center point of the droplet, and if the incoming energy is powerful enough (like the sun on a scorching summer day) the focused energy will cause burn spots.

In other words, individual droplets have the potential to magnify small amounts of energy. Water, as a physical substance in its natural form, does not.

i was wrong..........so what.like knowone else has ever been wrong before..........


very valid explanation.......

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imagine water coming in a fucking up you $350 light/ballast, and yes water does magnify the suns rays.

Water doesn't Magnafy light, magnification is just the combination of two REFRACTIONS of light (as the light enters the object (for example magnafying glass) and exits the same object.) the magnification is the difference in angle between the light as it goes in and the light as it comes out.

If water 'Magnified' light, the bottom of the ocean would be illuminated to a blinding degree during daylight hours.

I think some people need to have a look back over their physics books.

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