File:Wavelength Diagram (4514).jpg

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Light travels in waves, much like the waves you find in the ocean. As a wave, light has several basic properties that describe it. One is frequency, which counts the number of waves that pass by a given point in one second.

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English: Light travels in waves, much like the waves you find in the ocean. As a wave, light has several basic properties that describe it. One is frequency, which counts the number of waves that pass by a given point in one second. Another is wavelength, the distance from the peak of one wave to the peak of the next. These properties are closely and inversely related: The larger the frequency, the smaller the wavelength — and vice versa. A third is energy, which is similar to frequency in that the higher the frequency of the light wave, the more energy it carries.
Date 6 June 2019, 18:30:00 (upload date)
Source Wavelength Diagram
Author NASA and STScI
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Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and ESA. NASA Hubble material (and ESA Hubble material prior to 2009) is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA, STScI, and/or ESA is credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if ESA material created after 2008 or source material from other organizations is in use.
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