Light
Visible light (commonly referred to simply as light) is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight. Visible light has a wavelength in the range of about 380 nanometres to about 740 nm – between the invisible infrared, with longer wavelengths and the invisible ultraviolet, with shorter wavelengths.
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Famous quotes containing the word light:
“She said, “as the light on the dashboard ran
Along the bushes at the roadside a man’s face.
You must have seen it too.””
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“We are born each morning, shelled upon
A sheet of light that paves
The palaces of sight, and brings again
The river shining through the field of graves.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“For light doth seize my brain
With frantic pain.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)