The Sun Emitting Metaphorical Hailstones
a: photon ~
b: average-size hailstones
What:
"The electromagnetic radiation that streams out of the Sun is a hailstorm of photons. The x-rays are like bowling-ball-size hailstones: potent, but thankfully rare. The radio photons are like the very smallest hailstones: puny, and also relatively uncommon. Visible-light photons are like your average-size hailstones: neither especially strong nor especially weak, and by far the most common."
and
"If photons of light are like raindrops, then telescopes are like buckets."
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Date: Jan 10 2014 6:50 PM
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