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I would like to know as much info on this foton ray as possible. I heard that it can cause failure in nuclear plants also. Is this true?

2007-05-29 10:16:16 · 9 answers · asked by lilike 1 in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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Photons are particles of light. Rays of photons have been hitting earth for over 4.5 billion years now. People sit on beaches, the world over and experience the photon rays hitting their bodies.

The experience is called sunbathing and the rays, collectively, are known as sunlight!

Someone has been winding you up, methinks!

What you may perhaps have heard about is gamma ray bursts but I am not aware of any source of those gamma ray bursts being both nearby and currently vigorously pumping out their rays in our direction.

2007-05-29 10:22:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

well we are going to be in a solar storm within a few years so this will make alot of foton rays, and this has the potential to cause damage to the satalites and mobile comunication systems and electrical powerline but i dont think that it should effect nuclear power plants them selves, just the electrical powerlines that come out of it. basically just parts are thrown off the sun (the aurora).

2007-05-29 14:47:51 · answer #2 · answered by allthebest1s 2 · 0 0

I think you need to do a bit more research for yourself - there are photon rays (sunlight) hitting earth every second of every day (and have been for over 4 billion years).

Maybe you're thinking of a "coronal mass ejection", when the sun spits out a huge ball of magnetized gas and plasma from its surface. If a CME is pointed at earth, and it strikes our magnetosphere it can cause electromagnetic disturbances (damage satellites, interrup radio and TV, interfere with communications and electrical systems, etc.).

2007-05-29 13:58:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It's spelled photon. There are photons coming from the Sun all the time - it's called light. Sometimes the Sun emits flares, which aren't photons - they are actual matter, electrons, mostly. Yes, it can interfere with communications. I don't remember hearing that it can interfere with power plants. Electrical power specifically though.

2007-05-29 10:35:20 · answer #4 · answered by eri 7 · 0 0

Dude, intense radiation comes at the Earth like that everyday. When the sun has intense explosions and prominences it sends off powerful radiation, and sometimes it can be strong enough to pass through Earth's magnetic field, and temporaily disrupt electric communications.

2007-06-01 15:03:19 · answer #5 · answered by PseudoCognition 1 · 0 0

I wouldn't worry so much about something flying from space and hitting our planet, whether light, magnetism, meteors, or anything. I would be more concerned about the damage we'll do right here.

2007-05-31 04:29:39 · answer #6 · answered by Kemikal 2 · 0 0

No I think it will never happen as photon ray is just sunlight.

2007-05-29 10:23:35 · answer #7 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0 0

It is nonsense.

You can't even spell photon !!

2007-05-29 10:24:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Which comic book did you get THAT idea from ??

2007-05-29 10:21:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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