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| Nov 28, 2018 at 15:01 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | @alxchen, for the same reason you see the paper, the pencil, or anything else that is not emitting its own light at all in the first place – due to ambient reflection. The object reflects light falling on it, scattered in all directions, so you don't see image of the source, just the object reflecting it. Near the light source the light is more intense, because it didn't yet get stretched over so much surface, so also the ambient reflection is stronger. | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 12:15 | comment | added | katana_0 | Can you elaborate a bit on why we can see the flashlight's light on a sheet of paper ? That part is eluding me. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 21:29 | history | answered | Jan Hudec | CC BY-SA 4.0 |