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Why are some things transparent?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Effects of UV Light on Color

UV light sometimes can absorb it, but it also damages the atoms. Red stuff is especially susceptible to this because they absorb more high energy, more blue and more UV photons. Things that look red are things that absorb in the blue spectrum and therefore absorb more UV light.

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