My friend came up with an interesting idea/thought. If we can photograph light, then if we modify the lens and what not, is it possible to take pictures of micro/radio waves?
2007-01-24 02:22:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
not exactly radio telescopes.. those are telescopes.. say i want to take a picture of all the radio/micro waves um... that are coming out of my microwave. ha ha.
is that possible to do ? is it already done?
2007-01-24 03:12:28 · update #1
You can't use any standard photography film or imagers because the energy of microwaves and radio waves is too small to induce the chemical changes required by normal photographic films and detectors (like digital cameras...).
In normal photography, the light causes a chemical reaction in the film that leads to the formation of silver or other modified pgiments. The energy of radio and microwaves is just too small.
2007-01-24 02:31:16 · answer #1 · answered by hcbiochem 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The short answer is NO! You cannot "photograph" radio waves as the term photgraphy literally means "drawing with light" and since you cannot see radio waves you cannot photograph them
2007-01-24 10:32:29 · answer #2 · answered by slowpokesrool 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We already do. We call them radio telescopes.
2007-01-24 10:30:00 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes but they would not be visible to us or on the film.
2007-01-24 10:30:23 · answer #4 · answered by URFI 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋