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What five things that emit light?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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BeaVue

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The list can grow extremely large, so some examples only are provided below -

Things that emit Natural Light

- Stars

- The Moon (the Sun reflects off the Moon at night. The moon doesn't directly emit it's own light)

- Lightning

- Dismalites (Larve of the Orfelia Fultoni worms which emit light to attract food)

- Anglerfish

- Bioluminescent Jellyfish

- Firefly Squid

- Dinoflagellates (Plankton-like micro-organisms which glow when disturbed)

- Glow-worm (found in caves)

- Foxfire (mushrooms that glow green in the dark)

- Vibro Harveyi Bacteria (glowing mass of bacteria found on the surface of tropical oceans that can even be seen from space)

- Aurora Borealis (also known as the Northern Lights)

- Meteors and meteorites

- Photosphere

- Corona

- Supernova

- Gamma-ray burst

- Volcanoes/Lava/Lava lakes

Non-Natural emitted light

- Traffic lights

- Concert lights

- Flood lights

- Flares

- High-Pressure Sodium light (HPS)

- Nuclear reaction

- Glowsticks (Chemoluminescence)

- Radioluminescence

- Triboluminescence

- Rushlight

- Flash powder (used in military stun grenades)

- Argon flash

- Halogen

- Plasma

- Xenon flash

- Carbon Arc lamps

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1.Candles 2.the sun 4.stars 5.fireflies 6.Fire

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