stackyFACTSYou know those shiny, crinkly space blankets that look like massive gum wrappers?
You know those shiny, crinkly space blankets that look like massive gum wrappers? That is just heavily stretched plastic coated in a microscopic layer of vaporized aluminum. The metal is incredibly efficient at bouncing radiant infrared heat back to its source. Instead of absorbing your body heat and letting it bleed into the cold air, this hyper-thin membrane just aggressively reflects your own thermal radiation right back at you.
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