how would the world seem if we were able to see all the electromagnetic spectrum?

Question

does ayone have any idea?

Answer 1

Not all that different, actually.

We don't see in some wavelengths because the atmosphere is opaque at those wavelengths and we would be in a perpetual fog. Example: very short (millimeter) microwaves.

We don't see in some wavelengths because there is very little energy floating around those wavelengths, and there would be nothing to see, nor any good (biological) way to detect them. Example: radio waves.

We don't see in some wavelengths because the quanta would pass right through us and not cause any reaction that could be detected. Additionally, they would cause destructive chemical changes that would destroy any sense organs that happened to intercept them. Example: gamma rays.

Our eyesight is a compromise, but a good one: a window where the atmosphere is relatively transparent, there is lots of energy available (during the day, at least), and the quanta of said radiation cause chemical reactions that can make sense organs work without destroying them.

Answer 2

Instead of white light you'd see rainbows everywhere because of all the water vapor in the atmosphere. Water acts like a prism, splitting white light into the different colors of the e-spectrum. That's why rainbows are usually seen after a rain shower.

If we were to build an atmosphere on any of the 169 moons discovered in our very own Milky Way Galaxy, we would have to figure out which gas (oxygen, CO2 or nitrogen) results in a blue sky. This effect is due to Rayleigh Scattering.

Answer 3

It would look very disturbing. As in

"DANGER, DANGER, DANGER, INFORMATION OVERLOAD!"

Personally I can't imagine it... but I have to assume that someone who has been on hallucinogenic drugs just might.

I would much rather like to have eyes which are a thousand times more sensitive and have one thousand times the resolution. That would be fascinating. One could see the planets in their full beauty as spheres. There would be thousands of galaxies glittering all over the sky. Hundreds if not thousands of meteorites would rain down from the sky every minute.

Answer 4

One effect would be that we'd be able to 'watch' a radio broadcast and see all the sound frequencies in their different colors. (Music to my eyes!).
Another is we'd see the billions of neutrinos racing through our bodies and out through the garage wall.
We could do away with the cell phone by just imaging a person far away, and wait 'til they make eye contact with our personal beam.
Of course, those with 20/20 gamma-vision would fare the best!

Answer 5

sure.