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We’re Connected to the Sun in So Many Remarkable Ways
It lights up our lives (pun fully intended)
Light is complicated. Just ask a physicist.
I’m referring to the nature of light — it’s a particle (photons) and it’s a wave (an electromagnetic wave, to be exact).
But how can it be both?
As I said — it’s complicated. But that’s not what this article is about.
What I really want to talk about is light as a product of the sun.
Sunlight is Natural Light
What’s the closest star to the Earth?
That’s one of those annoying questions often asked by geeky astronomy buffs (like me). The answer, of course, is our own sun. It’s about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away. But in astronomical terms, that’s really close.
And when it comes to light, it doesn’t get any more natural than the sun. Our local star has been lighting up our little planet for billions of years. (Yes, the Earth is that old.)