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In general, some light incident on any surface is: reflected, absorbed, transmitted. The sum of those three components is 100%, and so reflected light intensity is always less than incident light intensity... since the other two components is never quite zero. The hottest part on a car is usually the chrome bumpers, but skyward facing mirrors would also be really cooking. Reflectivity is high, but absorption is non-zero.

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What is the difference between an incident ray and a reflected ray?

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