Relating to or produced by heliography or a heliograph; using sunlight to create images or send signals.
From 'heliograph' + '-ic' (relating to). This adjective form developed as the technology became established and needed descriptive language for its various applications.
Heliographic imaging was one of the world's first forms of photography using the sun's direct energy—it predates many modern solar-powered technologies!
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