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Originally Posted by specious_reasons
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Originally Posted by peacegirl
Actually, objects only absorb light; they don't reflect it. There is no property in the object that is capable of reflecting light. Light travels and bounces off of objects but that's not the same thing.
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"Reflect" and "bouncing off" are two completely different things!
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What I mean by that is that the object does not reflect the non-absorbing light; but the light coming from the Sun does strike the object (in the full spectrum) and bounces off.