How many dark absorbers do you have?
By gantwick
@gantwick (849)
United States
May 24, 2008 10:49am CST
Light bulbs are actually dark absorbers. When you turn on a lamp in a darkened room, the light bulb actually sucks the darkness out of the air. The force is strongest closer to the bulb.
Don't believe me? Just put your hand close to a lit lamp, with your palm facing the bulb. The back side of your hand has darkness from the room stacked up against it, creating a shadow effect.
Isn't science a strange and wonderful thing?
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5 responses
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
25 May 08
Are you talking about Fluorescent bulb?
I was told that Fluorescent bulb has light absorbing layer to prevent light escaping to the back of the bulb.
I never heard about dark absorbing layer...and my imagination is hardly work to understand what you are talking about.
Can you take a picture?
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
25 May 08
I am absorbed by dark....after long day of gardening....
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@gantwick (849)
• United States
25 May 08
LOL!
I wanted to work in the garden yesterday, but it was rainy and, in the afternoon, tornado-y.
This original post was just me being silly.
I hope you have yummy stuff in your garden. I only have tomatoes, bell peppers, and jalapeno peppers planted so far.
@srijeevan (187)
• India
24 May 08
Did you saw the photo of the earth from space. What did you see other than the globe.
What it means is actually the light can not suck dark.
But, an object is must to reflect the light. The presence of light is identified by the reflection of an object. That's why even in bright sun light only objects can be seen from space. If your logic becomes right then there will be no night I think.
@gantwick (849)
• United States
24 May 08
Well, outer space stuff is different. I was talking about light bulbs, which were invented by a guy who thought he was creating a vacuum cleaner, but the only thing the bulb did was suck darkness out of the air. But he got paid for it, so he didn't explain what it really did.
@zigzagbuddha (4601)
• United States
26 May 08
Hahahaha... Not only that but since bad news is the only thing that travels faster than light they're trying to figure out how to use it as fuel for some kind of space ships or something.
You had me going there for a minute though, I was thinking like "Ooooh, liquid dark!" I'm glad I did a little research before I responded. Hehehe.
