Hey Rev......sorry You just proved the Blue has the most energy and red the least......thus the Blazing Bitchen Balistic Blastoff Blue GTS is obviously faster....:>))))
hawke On 7/3/02 7:37 PM, "Rev. Baroonstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Light waves also come in many frequencies. The frequency is the number > of waves that pass a point in space during any time interval, usually > one second. It is measured in units of cycles (waves) per second, or > Hertz (Hz). The frequency of visible light is referred to as color, and > ranges from 430 trillion Hz, seen as red, to 750 trillion Hz, seen as > violet. Again, the full range of frequencies extends beyond the visible > spectrum, from less than one billion Hz, as in radio waves, to greater > than 3 billion billion Hz, as in gamma rays. > > As noted above, light waves are waves of energy. The amount of energy in > a light wave is proportionally related to its frequency: High frequency > light has high energy; low frequency light has low energy. Thus gamma > rays have the most energy, and radio waves have the least. Of visible > light, violet has the most energy and red the least. > > Light not only vibrates at different frequencies, it also travels at > different speeds. Light waves move through a vacuum at their maximum > speed, 300,000 kilometers per second or 186,000 miles per second, which > makes light the fastest phenomenon in the universe. Light waves slow > down when they travel inside substances, such as air, water, glass or a > diamond. The way different substances affect the speed at which light > travels is key to understanding the bending of light, or refraction, > which we will discuss later. > > > > > > There it is kids, the scientific end to this argument, straight from THE > source for definitive scientific information: How Stuff Works! >
