direct sunlight
Rays without obstruction
Direct sunlight is light from the sun that reaches a surface without being filtered, diffused, or blocked by clouds, foliage, or other obstructions.
The term matters in gardening, where plants have different light requirements: This fern prefers indirect light, but tomatoes need direct sunlight.
It also appears in contexts involving UV exposure, solar energy, and photography.
- raysLines from a source
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- warmthHeat you feel
- sun exposureLight from sky reaching skin
UV · exposure · sun damage · brightness · squinting · sun hat · burning · tan · vitamin D · full sun · noon · high noon · summer · harsh · blinding · windows · window seat · basking
- sunsol, solar, sunspots, solar flares, solar radiation
- light conditionsfull sun, partial shade, shade, deep shade, morning sun
- solar dryingsun drying, dehydration, moisture removal, dried fruit, dried fish
- solar powersolar power, solar panels, photovoltaics, solar heat, inverters
- drying methodsdrying, towel dry, air dry, pat dry, blot
direct sunlightshade
Darkness from blocked light
shadow · darkness · deep shade · gloom · dusk
direct sunlightdiffused light
Illumination scattered evenly everywhere
filtered light · dappled light · scattered light · ambient light · soft light
direct sunlightartificial light
Non-solar brightness source
electric light · lamplight · fluorescent light · indoor lighting · candlelight
direct, directly, direction, directions, directional, directness, director, directors, directive