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THE NATURE OF LIGHT
Light consists of particles
called photons, each one of
which can be regarded as a
packet of electromagnetic
waves. For a beam of
electromagnetic energy to be
light, and not X-rays or radio
waves, is a matter of the
wavelength--the distance from
one wave crest to the next--and
in the case of light this
distance is about 5 x 10-7
meters, or 0.0005 millimeter, or
0.5 micrometer, or 500
nanometers.
Light is defined as what we
can see. Our eyes can detect
electromagnetic energy at
wavelengths between 400 and
700 nanometers. Most light
reaching our eyes consists of a
relatively even mixture of
energy at different wavelengths
and is loosely called white
light.