Did you ever
wonder why some things are transparent and some are not? Why can you see through glass, water, etc (my
wife can see through me!!) and you can’t see through a lot of other
things. Well, I guess it is how fast you
or the object is vibrating. (You know,
the faster I vibrate the quicker my wife sees through me and wants to know what
I have planned) OK, did I answer those
questions to your satisfaction? No? OK, I will dig a little deeper into the
subject.
There are
three things that can happen when light strikes an object. One is it can disappear. If a photon of light is vibrating at the same
frequency as the electrons in the stuff it hits, those electrons absorb the
photon, changing it from light to heat.
OK, so that must be why I feel warmer in the day time than at
night. Well, that makes sense, so what
is the second thing that can happen?
Well, light can be scattered. The
surface electrons of the thing that the light hits can grab the photon’s energy
and then eject a photon of the same frequency, which is how you see pretty much
of all the things that you see that don’t emit light on their own. So far, this makes sense, so what is the
third thing that can happen? Well, if
the photon doesn’t have the right vibration to be absorbed and if the atoms in
stuff aren’t arranged in patterns that don’t allow reflection, then the photons
pass right through the object and that is called transparency. (I must thank DISCOVER magazine for all these
great facts.) Now, you all let the light shine in and don't be to transparent but do reflect a lot of warmth so that can feel your joy.
How long do you sit up thinking of ways to contuse us:-)
ReplyDeleteHonestly, do you explain this stuff to Ruth or dose she cut you off and go on about her painting?
She just pretends to listen and sometimes she doesn't even pretend, so I don't tell her a lot of the surprising things I am learning.
ReplyDeleteWho needs that magazine,,,when we have you,,,lololol
ReplyDeleteYou are always giving us something to think about, my friend!
ReplyDeleteI do know a few folks that are so transparent you can almost see right through them!
Trouble, I try to give you unique and unusual things to think about.
ReplyDeleteHJ, yes sir, like I told Trouble, I try. And yes, I k now a few of those, also, doesn't everybody know someone like that?
Thanks for making that clear . . .
ReplyDeleteSixbears, no, not clear, transparent (grin).
ReplyDeleteMaybe she is going by past behavior to determine the future????
ReplyDeleteJMD, it is awful hard to out run the past.
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