Another cloud free day in Scotland let me catch almost 9 hours of this huge and lively prom. Taken with my home made 90mm modded Coronado PST and DMK21 camera. Software: CdC, Eqmod, DSSR, AutoStakkert!, Wavesharp, DVS, Shotcut and Gimp.
David Wilson on April 8, 2025 @ Inverness, Scotland
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Solar panels?
The most efficient, a NASA solar panel that cost tens of thousands of dollars and uses fucking gold foil, is only 13% efficient. So try again.
Modern residential solar panels are around 22-24% efficient.
And why are you worried about the rest of that energy? You worried it’s gonna be lost?
Who said you need to catch all of it in a single panel??
The reason nasa goes overboard (though, not really), is because it’s worth it for space stuff. On the surface we have an abundance of space
Haven’t seen a solar panel that can take a cloud of plasma many times the size of earth.