Re: Light in an Infinite Universe

From: PD (pdraper_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/25/05 

Date: 25 Mar 2005 05:45:34 -0800

Nick wrote:
> Like a wave!!!
> I can see it for myself .

Really!? How extraordinary!
You know that visible light has a wavelength of order 0.5 micron,
right? In contrast, the thickness of a human hair is 70 microns.

Wait, you must be talking about microwaves. You can see microwaves??

PD

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