In article , Martin H.
Eastburn says...

on a water tower at night. That is 14 miles of round trip and droppoff by the
square of the distance.

My understanding is that because that is not a point source,
the 1/R(sq) law does not apply. Of course it's still a long way
for a laser pointer like that.

Jim

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