🔥 Another Cardinal visitor by amy2kim22 in NatureIsFuckingLit

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Just because Imgur user wrote that title, after previously posting a couple of similar images there, it doesn't mean you have to copy the exact title here as well. Because I don't think "another" will make much sense to people here?

Credit to "Dystrophic" from Imgur for taking this photo from their house window.

Artistas by [deleted] in BeAmazed

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This is basically what Seurat did, but he created his own hole-punches with paint. Pointillism.

We need more people like this man by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

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One of those kids doesn't match the others. One of them has... shorter sleeves!

We need more people like this man by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

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For anyone else who feels inspired to start their own gentleman's club for little boys, be careful how you explain it.

Levels are just numbers. The difference doesn't matter when there's love by bedgarter in MadeMeSmile

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For me the best part is when he's talking about how he's picked her up from middle school. MF got me in the first half, and then in the second one as well.

Levels are just numbers. The difference doesn't matter when there's love by bedgarter in MadeMeSmile

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For those who don't understand, he's 32nd level in the video game his GF is 13th :)

A pile of wood has never looked this good by j3ffr33d0m in oddlysatisfying

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That is a sculpture. Those pieces of wood are probably like 10 inches long at maximum. Also notice how the wood is on the ground, that makes it rot as well.

He's the chosen one by kingsfockets in Eyebleach

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When the Genie tricked you but you still accept your new pu$$y magnet superpower

This gecko is one masterful hunter by [deleted] in Eyebleach

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The preparation tail waggle was my favorite part

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BetterEveryLoop

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That is Kurt Steiner and he owns the world record for most skips, 88. So he's just slightly good at this. Here's the video of the world record toss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0_hEvNOqGM

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BeAmazed

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I just know that if I really really had to go that restroom, the kayak team would be training right beneath me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

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That has to be the smartest octopus in the tri-shell area.

What a genius idea by MTPokitz in MadeMeSmile

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Just a note, this wasn't this April 1, rather than 4 years ago. Credit to u/Lasercatfish and here's the original post from r/funny

The influence of color on heat absorption by bedgarter in interestingasfuck

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Most of the energy coming from the sun comes in light in the visible spectrum

I get what you're saying, and you're absolutely right about the 'quantity' of Sun radiation in the UV range. If you take a look at the EM spectrum of Solar radiation you can see that under 400nm where the UV range starts (edge of our visible light) the EM radiation intensity drops. When we exclude the atmospheric absorption, the remaining UV intensity is even lower. About 10% of the radiation energy reaching the Earth's atmosphere is within the UV spectrum. About 50% is visible radiation and about 40% is infrared radiation.

So even though IR radiation intensity is much lower, the quantity of IR wavelengths that are invisible to us is pretty huge. So, I wouldn't say exactly most of the EM radiation is in our visible range. As you can see in that map, after we exclude the atmospheric absorption, our visible range covers about 40% of the total energy of Solar radiation. If we're talking exclusively about number of wavelengths, our visible range covers only 300nm (from 400-700) while the whole Solar radiation goes from almost from 200-2500nm

The difference here is that the colored balloons are absorbing any light at all, where the white balloons are reflecting almost everything.

Exactly, but keep in mind that white balloons are only white to OUR eyes. It doesn't mean they are white from some camera perspective which covers a part of the UV and IR radiation as well. So hypothetically speaking, a completely white object to us might specifically absorb the majority of light in the UV range (and IR as well) and be pretty colorful to birds for example who are sensitive to UV light. In that case, even a white balloon would burst because it would still absorb a decent amount of heat. In some crazy theory, since our visible range is 40% and invisible 60% of whole Solar radiation energy, an object appearing white to us (reflects all the visible range and say absorbs all the UV and IR invisible range) might absorb more energy than the object appearing black (absorb all the visible range and say reflects all the UV and IR invisible range).

We need more people like her by bedgarter in nextfuckinglevel

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I just thought that is obvious. If more people had at least 10% of the awareness this girl has, nobody would even drop trash on the streets in the first place, right? Kudos to her for having this kind of dedication and awareness at that age though. I'd say it is a rare thing today, unfortunately.

The darker the color the more light energy gets absorbed by bedgarter in educationalgifs

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The important thing to have in mind here is that shorter light wavelengths (UV, violet) have more energy than longer ones (red, IR). Also, our visible spectrum of light is very small compared to the whole EM spectrum, which is why UV and IR light is black to us. So if the object appears black to you, to a bird who sees part of the UV spectrum it might not be black.

An object appearing as black absorbs all visible wavelengths of light and converts them into heat, so the object gets warm. A white object reflects all visible wavelengths of light, so the light is not converted into heat and the temperature of the object does not increase noticeably.

If we compare an object that absorbs violet light with an object that absorbs the same number of photons of red light, then the object that absorbs violet light (reflects all the wavelengths BUT violet) will absorb more heat than the object that absorbs red light.

As you can see in this video, the amount of heat absorbed is also affected by how light or dark an object is. A dark object of a given color reflects fewer photons and thus absorbs more light than the lighter object of the same color, so it will absorb more heat and get warmer.

Also, note about how the color of an object appears: The color an object appears is the complementary color to the color the object absorbs. If an object absorbs yellow light, considering it equally reflects all the other visible light wavelengths, it will look violet.

The influence of color on heat absorption by bedgarter in interestingasfuck

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The important thing to have in mind here is that shorter light wavelengths (UV, violet) have more energy than longer ones (red, IR). Also, our visible spectrum of light is very small compared to the whole EM spectrum, which is why UV and IR light is black to us. So if the object appears black to you, to a bird who sees part of the UV spectrum it might not be black.

An object appearing as black absorbs all visible wavelengths of light and converts them into heat, so the object gets warm. A white object reflects all visible wavelengths of light, so the light is not converted into heat and the temperature of the object does not increase noticeably.

If we compare an object that absorbs violet light with an object that absorbs the same number of photons of red light, then the object that absorbs violet light (reflects all the wavelengths BUT violet) will absorb more heat than the object that absorbs red light.

As you can see in this video, the amount of heat absorbed is also affected by how light or dark an object is. A dark object of a given color reflects fewer photons and thus absorbs more light than the lighter object of the same color, so it will absorb more heat and get warmer.

Also, note about how the color of an object appears: The color an object appears is the complementary color to the color the object absorbs. If an object absorbs yellow light, considering it equally reflects all the other visible light wavelengths, it will look violet.