LIGHT & COLOURS

Light whether natural or artificial brings life to our minds and feelings. The colours of the spectrum underscore the beauty it gives.  Our life will keep on running because of the knowledge light brings.

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Place Taken:  Philippines

Date:  February, 2010

Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind’s eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess light. ~Plato~

I love reading… but I can’t tell exactly what type of books fascinates me most — I’m really sad  because,  I can’t answer that… sometimes, nothing seems to be appealing at all . For now,  all what I can say is,  I always find something beautiful in whatever I read… fiction or non-fiction;  medical books, detective stories, love stories, religious books, newspapers, magazines… whatever. So, if you are puzzled so am I… I think it’s best to leave it like that… one  thing is sure and very true —  when I read, I learn something new…

Last night, while reading a book I casted an eye over a beautiful passage. I thought maybe it’s best to quote that part here… I just do hope this will be taken constructively… because I really find it wonderful.

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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us, The Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of comparisson to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” - Albert Einstein -

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What do you think? You’re not alone genius!

Light. What is light really?  A child would say,  it aids our eyes to see things so as not to  knock ourselves against the obstacles in front of us.

When we were small,  we defined light based on its natural aspects perceived through our senses.  Then at school, we were taught how to explain it scientifically, but in the passing of time, the interpretation of light advanced and presented us an insight  in relation to our feelings…

Wisdom comes to me like a light.  It doesn’t  pass through my optical nerve but through my heart to my mind.  I realized that we cannot get wisdon anywhere or from someone.  We obtain this as we carry on with our lives…

The white light which is evidently colourless light as  daylight or sunlight contains all the wavelengths of the visible spectrum (also known as optical spectrum) at equal intensity. It is a combination of colours; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. They are always in the same order. (The mnemonic ROY G. BIV  is commonly used by students to remember the visible or optical spectrum in there order.)

The spectrum does not include all the colours that the human eyes and brain can perceive. The colors only visible to the human eye are those with wavelengths in air from about 380 - 790 nm (nanometre).

Things appear to have colour because of the colour of the light that is reflected back from them when white light hits them. If red light is reflected, an object will appear red.

Rainbow 

The rainbow is an arc of colours visible in the sky.  Rainbows appear when the sunlight or the white light meets the millions of water droplets in the atmosphere. Then the light refraction will take place at the dividing line of air and water (this dividing line is termed as prism).  The light enters the droplets  where it is split up into seven colours, unveiling the colours of the spectrum and  said as the colours of the rainbow. 

The link that follows will explain and illustrate how the seven colours of the spectrum refract… The Rainbow.

Like a ball of fire resting up in the sky is our source of natural light.

The sun is the central body of the solar system.  It provides the light and energy that sustains life on earth. None of us would exist without the sun.
The sun is a star of a type known as G2 dwarf, a sphere of hydrogen and helium 1.4 km in diameter which obtains its energy from nuclear fusion reactions deep within its interior, where the temperature is about 15 million degrees Kelvin. The surface is a little under 6,000 degrees Kelvin.
The sun has been burning for 5,000,000,000 years. The day will come when its hydrogen will all be used up and the sun will stop and die.

The scientific explanation of the sun is widely accepted and understood by many. But the reality of its existence will always remain a mystery to me.

The following link will explain and illustrate more about the sun… Beginnings.

Light is one of among the few things I enjoy watching ever since when I was a child.  The spectrum of colours created by prismatic light during sunrise and sunset dazzles the very core of my eye. And this leads my mind to wonder more about this spectacular phenomena.

Light in its real sense is visible  to the naked eye. It aids our eyes to see the beauty of things around us;  the wonderful colours that accentuate the heavenliness of nature; the gracefulness of sunrise in the east; and the charm and tranquility of the sunset in the west.

Whether the light is formed by nature or by a small insect such as, firefly the optical enticement to me is very powerful. Something I really cannot ignore.

I hope you will come to travel with me in this wonderful world of light…

-lynne-

updated: 07-15-2010