<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">B@rt you have said more on this board with out saying anything.Originally posted by B@rt:
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I could be wrong but I thought they used multiple lights to produce that beam.Originally posted by Skyline:
The Luxor beam is 40 billion candlepower, the post powerful in the world.
Driving back to Las Vegas from the Grand Canyon, the beam was the first thing I saw from many miles away. Amazing.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Not only that, but if a neighboring star is close enough, the released energy can cause the neighbor's temperature to increase, possibly causing it to go nova as well (or at least shortening its live span a great amount).Originally posted by X-CalBR8:
sunspot: Looks like you win. I would hate to know that there was anything out there any brighter than that. Hehe.
Oh, wait a minute, I just thought of something that would top it. The brightest thing that is known to exist anywhere is a star going supernova. I've read that they are so bright and put off so much radiation that they can kill all life on a planet that is many many light-years away. Now that is bright!!! LOL.