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Colors from visible light which are small part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

What Is Infrared?

Source: Cool Cosmos

Your eyes are able to perceive many wavelengths of light as colors. But not all light is visible to the human eye. Here’s a closer look at some of what you can’t see—infrared light.

This entry was posted in How We See Things and tagged Science & Nature on January 1, 2020 by admin.

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