The Purple Light

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Don't know where is the best place to post this. But I just re-watched the last episode, and the beam of light that Daniel Faraday used to un-stick the rat in time was purple!!!

This was the exact same type of light that was seen all over the island in the last episode of season two when the hatch blew up, and Jack and friends had been held by Ben and the others on the dock.

Also Walt and Michel had left before this had gone on, and could it be they did not get the effects done to them? Could this be another reason Walt looked older?

[jacksnurse]

i actually read that Walt had a growth spurt during the time they had him off the show and they compensated for that by showing him "from below" the pit John was in so that it wouldn't be so obvious....but the purple light was the same with daniel and when des turned the key....purple light (EM) is r/t shorter light rays


The human eye has developed the ability to see best in the type of light given off by the Sun. Our eyes are most sensitive to the colors from yellow through green.
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Windows to the Universe original artwork.
Visible light is one way energy uses to get around. Light waves are the result of vibrations of electric and magnetic fields, and are thus a form of electromagnetic (EM) radiation. Visible light is just one of many types of EM radiation, and occupies a very small range of the overall electromagnetic spectrum. We can, however, directly sense light with our own eyes, thus elevating the role of this narrow window in the EM spectrum because of its significance to us.

Light waves have wavelengths between about 400 and 700 nanometers (4,000 and 7,000 Å). Our eyes perceive different wavelengths of light as the rainbow hues of colors. Red light has relatively long waves, around 700 nm (10-9 meters) long. Blue and purple light have short waves, around 400 nm. Shorter waves vibrate at higher frequencies and have higher energies. Red light has a frequency around 430 terahertz, while blue's fequency is closer to 750 terahertz. Red photons carry about 1.8 electron volts (eV) of energy, while each blue photon transmits about 3.1 eV.



The human eye has developed the ability to see best in the type of light given off by the Sun. Our eyes are most sensitive to the colors from yellow through green.
Click on image for full size (9K GIF)
Windows to the Universe original artwork.
Visible light is one way energy uses to get around. Light waves are the result of vibrations of electric and magnetic fields, and are thus a form of electromagnetic (EM) radiation. Visible light is just one of many types of EM radiation, and occupies a very small range of the overall electromagnetic spectrum. We can, however, directly sense light with our own eyes, thus elevating the role of this narrow window in the EM spectrum because of its significance to us.

Light waves have wavelengths between about 400 and 700 nanometers (4,000 and 7,000 Å). Our eyes perceive different wavelengths of light as the rainbow hues of colors. Red light has relatively long waves, around 700 nm (10-9 meters) long. Blue and purple light have short waves, around 400 nm. Shorter waves vibrate at higher frequencies and have higher energies. Red light has a frequency around 430 terahertz, while blue's fequency is closer to 750 terahertz. Red photons carry about 1.8 electron volts (eV) of energy, while each blue photon transmits about 3.1 eV.



The human eye has developed the ability to see best in the type of light given off by the Sun. Our eyes are most sensitive to the colors from yellow through green.
Click on image for full size (9K GIF)
Windows to the Universe original artwork.
Visible light is one way energy uses to get around. Light waves are the result of vibrations of electric and magnetic fields, and are thus a form of electromagnetic (EM) radiation. Visible light is just one of many types of EM radiation, and occupies a very small range of the overall electromagnetic spectrum. We can, however, directly sense light with our own eyes, thus elevating the role of this narrow window in the EM spectrum because of its significance to us.

Light waves have wavelengths between about 400 and 700 nanometers (4,000 and 7,000 Å). Our eyes perceive different wavelengths of light as the rainbow hues of colors. Red light has relatively long waves, around 700 nm (10-9 meters) long. Blue and purple light have short waves, around 400 nm. Shorter waves vibrate at higher frequencies and have higher energies. Red light has a frequency around 430 terahertz, while blue's fequency is closer to 750 terahertz. Red photons carry about 1.8 electron volts (eV) of energy, while each blue photon transmits about 3.1 eV.

Visible light's neighbors on the EM spectrum are infrared radiation on the one side and ultraviolet radiation on the other. Infrared radiaiton has longer wavelength waves than red light, and thus oscillates at a lower frequency and carries less energy. Ultraviolet radiation has waves with shorter wavelengths than do blue or violet light, and thus oscillates more rapidly and carries more energy per photon than visible light does.

Light travels at the incredible speed of 299,792.458 kilometers per second (about 186,282.4 miles per second). At this amazing speed, light could circle Earth more than seven times in one second! The lowercase letter "c" is often used to represent the speed of light in equations, such as Einstein's famous relation between energy and matter: "E = mc2". All forms of electromagnetic waves, including X-rays and radio waves and all other frequencies across the EM spectrum, also travel at the speed of light. Light travels most rapidly in a vacuum, and moves slightly more slowly in materials like water or glass.



Electricity and Magnetism

Fundamental Physics relevant to Space Weather

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http://www.geocities.com/gurukenn/ratlight-2.jpg

Here is the light!

[Rain13]

I think purple light is simply being used to represent an increased level of electromagnetism since we know that the hatch explosion was due to electromagnetism and we know that Daniel knows electromagnetism is connected to time travel and thus is likely using it in his machine. I should have paid more attention in Astronomy 101 when we learned about optics and red shifts! :( Can anyone shed some light (no pun intended :D) on this matter?

[thelawgiver]

I think it looks similar to the massive light created when the Hatch imploded