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An Interesting thing About Light
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RE: An Interesting thing About Light
The photons don't disappear, they are scattered or absorbed by solid objects.

If our sun were to wink out right now, we wouldn't know it visually for about 8 minutes. Alpha Centauri, 4.4 years
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An Interesting thing About Light - by Rhondazvous - October 26, 2017 at 6:41 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by Foxaèr - October 26, 2017 at 6:44 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by Jackalope - October 26, 2017 at 6:56 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by ignoramus - October 26, 2017 at 7:16 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by Rhondazvous - October 27, 2017 at 10:33 am
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by ignoramus - October 27, 2017 at 6:11 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by Aegon - October 27, 2017 at 6:24 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by Fireball - October 27, 2017 at 8:36 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by c152 - October 28, 2017 at 1:35 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by Rhondazvous - October 28, 2017 at 6:30 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by Jackalope - October 31, 2017 at 5:14 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by vorlon13 - October 28, 2017 at 2:29 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by vorlon13 - October 28, 2017 at 6:54 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by Rhondazvous - October 31, 2017 at 5:05 pm
RE: An Interesting thing About Light - by Cyberman - October 31, 2017 at 5:33 pm

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