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'''Light''' can refer to [[electomagnetic]] [[radiation]] of any [[wavelength]], or to EM radiation of visible wavelengths <ref>Wavelengths of EM spectrum <i>usbyte.com</i> [http://www.usbyte.com/common/approximate_wavelength.htm]</ref> ; that stimulate the [[organ]]s of sight, having for normal human vision wavelengths ranging from about 3900 to 7700 [[ångstrom]]s (390 to 780 [[nanometer]]s), violet has the shortest wavelength and red has the largest.
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'''Light''' can refer to [[electomagnetic]] [[radiation]] of any [[wavelength]], or to EM radiation of visible wavelengths <ref>Wavelengths of EM spectrum <i>usbyte.com</i> [http://www.usbyte.com/common/approximate_wavelength.htm]</ref> ; that stimulate the [[organ]]s of sight, having for normal human vision wavelengths ranging from about 3900 to 7700 [[ångstrom]]s (390 to 780 [[nm]]), violet has the shortest wavelength and red has the largest.
It traveling at the [[speed of light]]: about 186,300 [[mile]]s (300,000 kilometres) per second.  
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It travels at the [[speed of light]]: about 186,300 [[mile]]s (300,000 kilometres) per second.  
    
EM radiation is a disturbance in an electric field, it consists of an energy particle called a "[[photon]]", a photon carries no electric charge and is massless, but since all energy is attracted by gravitation, light rays will bend near planets and stars.
 
EM radiation is a disturbance in an electric field, it consists of an energy particle called a "[[photon]]", a photon carries no electric charge and is massless, but since all energy is attracted by gravitation, light rays will bend near planets and stars.
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