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The Speed & Nature of light
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What is light? Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation.
Light is made up of waves of tiny bundles of energy call photons
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A photon is the carrier of electromagnetic radiation of all wavelengths
It is a weightless Particle that acts like A wave. A photon is a bundle of electromagnetic energy.
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A photon is a bundle of electromagnetic energy
A photon is a bundle of electromagnetic energy. Waves of light create rays and bundles of rays make beams.
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Electromagnetic radiation waves come in many forms.
Infrared waves Visible light radiation (This what we call Light) Microwaves Ultra-violet radiation Radio waves X-rays
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300,000 kilometers/seconds (in vacuum)
All of types of electromagnetic radiation share one similarity between them: They all travel at the same speed of light 186,000 miles/seconds (in vacuum) Or 300,000 kilometers/seconds (in vacuum) (in vacuum) through air and space.
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When light slows down or changes direction we see refraction of light
Examples of refraction:
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The speed of light depends on what it is traveling through.
In water, light slows down to about 200,000 km/seconds
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Refraction through water
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Examples of refraction:
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Following are examples of artists
M.C. Escher and Salvador Dali who were inspired by and included Refraction and Reflection in their art
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M.C. Escher
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M.C. Escher
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M.C. Escher
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Salvador Dali
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