1. Think about it as a way to illuminate the world around you.

2. If any of it is meant to illuminate Tim Cook as a person, it fails.

3. The laser beam from Earth will scan a patch of sky and should illuminate the spacecraft at some point.

4. Think of how the beam from a flashlight starts small and then expands to illuminate an entire wall.

5. The attacker also used flares to illuminate the inside of the nightclub during the attack, according to police.