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Why is lightning red?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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14y ago

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The wavelength of red laser light is between 620 and 750 nanometers (billionths of a meter). Anything emitting or reflecting light in that wavelength is perceived by us (human beings) as red.

If the light were in the range of 495 to 570 nanometers, it would appear green, and would seem even brighter at the same energy level. For this reason green lasers make great pointers for stellar objects in dark skies.

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Not all lasers are red. You can buy green laser pointers, and laboratory lasers come in a wide variety of colors, including tunable dye lasers in which it's actually possible to adjust the color of the beam. A laser is the color it is (whatever that color might be) because an electronic transition in the material that makes up the laser has exactly the same energy as a photon of that particular frequency/wavelength.

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Laser beam in monochromatic - It means that its waves travel exactly in same fashion In same direction with same amplitude.

Due to this Laser beam is very sharp and bright Unlike torches and lamps whose waves spread.

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Lightning is not red - lightning is white.

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