That moment while driving when the pavement is wet and the sun is at a low angle and suddenly the ground is as bright as the sun and you can’t see anything. But all the time!
It sounds more complicated than just figuring out how to prevent glare. Even if you do that, the terrain will always be illuminated in this strange high contrast scenario. I find myself thinking about how photographers use reflectors to avoid this in their portrait subjects.
Meanwhile, solar panels might be super efficient because they get to use the moon as a giant reflector. Shedding heat will be an interesting problem though... perhaps thermal panels and Stirling generators instead of PV? They could save a bunch of weight by just using the water-ice when they get there. Sounds like a fun project to work on!
I forget which one, but there's a Larry Niven science fiction story that uses this as a plot point. Our hero takes advantage of the sun blocker spot on the villian's plane or ship by approaching in the line of sight of the planet's sun.
Grendel, one of the stories in Neutron Star, set on a planet orbiting a very bright star where everyone has to wear protective goggles with sun-tracking black dots for each eye.
Our hero needs to steal the bad guy's (flying) car, at sunset and circles until his shadow points at the car..
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It sounds more complicated than just figuring out how to prevent glare. Even if you do that, the terrain will always be illuminated in this strange high contrast scenario. I find myself thinking about how photographers use reflectors to avoid this in their portrait subjects.
Our hero needs to steal the bad guy's (flying) car, at sunset and circles until his shadow points at the car..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_position_(air_combat)
Easier to do in a helmet than in a windshield, I suppose.