When I measured the sun, it gave a UV index of 6. When I measured the uv flashlight, it gave a uv index of 196. Is the sun not more powerful in UV than the flashlight?
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Eli5 is distance. The sun is massively brighter and hotter, but it is very far away.
It’s like taking a small lighter and putting your hands right on top of it and burning yourself versus being at the other side of the room to the lighter. Distance.
Right now if you go out in the sun you may get a sunburn from its heat. If you went right up to the sun directly, you’d be instantly burned to a crisp.
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