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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Why do screen night lights that shift the color red work? Why red instead of some other color?

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Why do screen night lights that shift the color red work? Why red instead of some other color?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

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uh what? why?

"Fine dust in the atmosphere permits blue light to penetrate the atmosphere more efficiently than colors with longer wavelengths.*

whAaaat.

does the red wavelengths get caught in the red dust or something?

this is such a good fact.

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