Hmm... Green...
So, why is chlorophyll green?
- middle of the visible spectrum, royGbiv
- does the visible spectrum contain the majority of electromagnetic radiations on Earth, in the Universe?
- consider the excited states of most common atoms, like hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, etc
- different distributions for organic vs inorganic, stellar vs planetary
- is evolution at work, selecting green as the most economical energy absorber?
- ...or selecting vision that sees the visible spectrum instead of microwaves or radio waves?
- ...or what about other animals - can they "tune in" different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, to find their ecological niche?
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Yep. That's where my mind can wander, while looking at the fields of green before me...
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