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Wavelengths and Elegant Coding.

Or, "So, what you're saying, is that light is a particle, and, it's also a wave, wait, uh, whoaaa..."

Artificial lighting is a fascinating invention of man. As we strive to dominate our environment, we have turned night into day. Cities, and their associated productions, can turn their wheels continuously.

We have the capability to bathe our surroundings with beneficial wavelengths. Unfortunately, we have chosen to light most of our workspaces with flourescent, for it's great economies of scale. The diagram at left, is a spectrum diagram of the light emitted by some random manufacturer of "cool white" bulbs.

No wonder most plants brought into the office, do not live. The person probably thinks they didn't water enough, or watered too much. Nope. That plant depends on photosynthesis at a particular wavelength, to thrive. The photons cannot be absorbed by the plant at these frequencies.

There is a generous portion of things that we are understanding. There is a vast amount of things, that defy our understanding of reason. There is a reason the ocean is slate on a cloudy day.

There is a reason that some plants are green. It is because that plant is absorbing light mostly in the blue and red ends of the visible spectrum, and very little in the green wavelengths. Light in the green wavelengths is reflected, giving us the green leaf color we see.

There is a reason that some people are green. It is partly because that individual is absorbing light of dubious quality, light that comes out of a fragile, noxious cylinder. Snap!