ELI5- If light is both a wave and a particle, why isn’t there visible buildup of those particles from the sun and whatnot?

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ELI5- If light is both a wave and a particle, why isn’t there visible buildup of those particles from the sun and whatnot?

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What would happen if you beam a laser into a 1 way mirror trap?

You can’t really observe what is inside the trap but I’d expect the materials of the trap to get hot. This heat is caused by a conversion of the light into energy, thus there is something building up when you shine a light. The scope of that buildup is on a scale we truly don’t yet understand.

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