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Visible
light
Infrared
light
Also visit NASA Mission: Science Infrared Waves for images and more ideas.
http://missionscience.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves.html
Infrared
light
was
discovered
in
1800
by
Sir
William
Hershel.
To
perform
a
version
of
his
experiment,
and
to
further
explore
infrared
light
visit
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/
Light
energy
travels
in
a
wave
form.
The
distance
between
the
wave
peaks
is
the
wavelength.
As
shown
on
the
chart
above,
wavelengths
vary
from
a
thousand
meters
to
as
small
as
atomic
nuclei.
The
shorter
the
wavelength,
the
more
energy
present
in
the
light.
Infrared
light
has
a
longer
wave
length
than
visible
light.
Humans
are
not
hot
enough
to
emit
visible
light,
but
do
emit
infrared
light.