You see objects, but not light. Light from a source lands on an object and its electrons. Then electrons gain extra energy, and immediately they emit photons while going back to their normal state. The photons hit your eyes, and your brain translates them into an image of the object.
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Can we see things that do not produce light?
with an arrow. Can we see things that not produce light? Yes, we can if the thing reflect or scatter light, like a sunlight. What means scattered light? Means light bouncing off in all directions from rough surfaces, like wood, stone, paper or wool. Scattered sunlight
What are 2 things that we can see?
Basically 2 things: our eyes and light. Which things can we see? Things that produce light and things that reflect or scatter light. Which things produce light? Things that can create and radiate light, like the Sun, starts, fireworks, car headlights, torch. We call them light sources. How do we see light sources?
Why can't we see at night?
We see things because of light! Light bounces off objects and enters our eyes allowing us to see them. It’s harder to see at night as there’s less light to bounce off objects. Light enters the eye through the cornea ( the bit on the front of the eye ). The pupil controls the amount of light entering the eye.
What do we see when we look at the Sun?
For example, if you look at the Sun, you see sunlight coming from the Sun, but you can't see the source of the light in the Sun itself. You see the light coming from your room light, but you don't see the light coming from the inside of the light bulb.
How do we see light?
So we see light with our eyes and perceive (active or passive) objects through learned pattern recognition in our brain.
How do we get light from an object that does not emit light itself?
How do we get light from an object, say a book, that does not emit light itself? By reflection. In general for us to be visually aware of an object it must be illuminated. So light sources are always needed. And btw, some objects do emit their own light, like fireflies. OK, so now we have a light source that illuminates a book, and some of its reflected light enters our eyes. We’ve “seen the light.” But the question remains, how do we “see the book”? Or more descriptively how do we perceive the book?
What does it mean when an object doesn't reflect light?
In a real sense, objects that don't reflect light are not seen actually. It's the surroundings of that object that are seen actually... If the object is circular, the circle is not seen and everything is visible... The sense of invisibility of an object is what we call as black colour...
Why is everything we see not hot?
Almost everything you see is not because of the light it gives off, but because it reflects a light source shining upon it. The moon, for instance. And everything in your everyday life that is not hot enough to glow or catch on fire. Now everything emits radiation at some frequency or frequency range, according to its temperature and the blackbody radiation curve, but most things in our daily life are too cold to emit at wavelengths/frequencies we can see.
What happens if there is no photo bouncing back the object?
If there is no photo bouncing back the object ( do not reflect), we see it as black. However, materials reflect some of the photons in the end. You can check the darkest material innovated. It is much blacker than you usually see around.
What are the two types of reflections?
There are two kinds of reflection: diffuse reflection and speculation reflection. In diffuse reflection, light is scattered in many direction, but light is still reflected. This is how we see most objects. In speculation reflection, the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection are equal, like in a mirror.
What is the role of black holes in the universe?
For massive objects, like black holes, they also act as a gravitational lens, distorting light that passes near them. Objects falling into black holes also give off lots of energy as they approach it, and nearby stars may orbit it.
