On 23 June 2014 11:29, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 11:19:24PM +1200, LizR wrote: > > Is it possible that plants are actually efficient in other parts of the > > spectrum that we can't see? Maybe they utilise a lot of infra red and > > ultraviolet, and the fact that there is a missed opportunity in visible > > green is a relatively insignificant blip? > > > > After all we only see less than one light octave. There's a LOT of EM > > radiation out there we can't detect. > > > > Or am I barking up the wrong tree? :-) > > > > Not really - the peak of the solar spectrum is yellow light. The IR and UV > portions are relatively small components, and what little there is is > further > absorbed by water vapour and the ozone layer respectively. > That doesn't surprise me. I thought there must be a good evolutionary reason why most animals, insects, reptiles etc see light in roughly the visible spectrum, with a few exceptions. So plants missing out on green IS a mystery, at least to me. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
