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Science saves lives (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago (2 children)

However, it doesn't reflect everything. Maybe it's a particular part of sunlight that impacts vampires, one that gets absorbed by the Moon's surface.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I wanted to see for myself and it looks like the spectra of the sun and moon are fairly similar:

Moon: https://olino.org/blog/us/articles/2015/10/05/spectrum-of-moon-light/comment-page-1/

Sun: https://seos-project.eu/earthspectra/images/Solar-spectrum_th.png

Looks pretty similar I gotta say

That being said, the intensity is of course much lower of the light reflected from the moon.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

"Similar" is not identical. I'm assuming that slight difference is technically where the vampire-harming properties lie (lore-wise).

Kind of like how Duncan MacDougall published a study that human souls have weight, as he recorded someone losing 21 grams at the moment of their death. Not very significant at all, but perhaps humanity lies in the subtleties...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Vampire hunters with IR blasters!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Would an older TV remote suffice? At least for very small vampires?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

almost literally the plot of JJBA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Didn't Blade have some sort of UV gun in one of the movies?