• @sinkingship@mander.xyz
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    14 months ago

    I’m curious. What happens to the medium? Does it simply get pushed aside? Or pushed along? Or will it eat up some energy and react to something else?

    • Tlaloc_Temporal
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      64 months ago

      Much like lightning, a powerful enough laser will ionize the air. That ionized air is hot and rises, just like the ionized gasses from combustion.

      A powerful laser will look like a beam of fire.