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I had a weird experience with radiant heat recently...
It's been cold lately, around 0 degrees F.
My car had been sitting outside all week and was covered with snow. I brushed all the snow off, and then raised the hood to check the battery.
The car was parked facing north, with the hood in the shade. Even though it was cold, it was a very sunny day, and the hood is black.
As soon as I raised the hood, the little bit of snow left there nearly instantly melted! Then, all the water left began to steam off!
What was weird was just how fast it all went. The whole hood was just steaming, and perfectly dry in a few minutes.
Behold! The power of radiation!
The air temperature hadn't changed. The only difference was sun on the hood or not.
I tried taking some video of it, because it looked so cool, but it didn't show up on camera very well.
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