Why, when you turn off a lightbulb, does the light currently in the room go away? The photons are still there, bouncing around, but they don't act the same as when the light is on. Shouldn't you see the photons still moving around reflecting off of surfaces and reaching your eyes? Yes, they can leak out in various places in the room, but say you have a perfectly sealed box of mirrors with a lightbulb inside. When you turn that light off, where do the photons go? They don't go throught the mirrors; then the box would glow, they don't dissapear; impossible, and they don't stick around; the inside of the box would be perpetually light. I want real, supportive answers based on scientific fact.
2007-01-27
05:05:45
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John Doe IV
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