Origin Of Light

  • Released Thursday, October 4, 2012
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
  • ID: 11084

Over tens of thousands of years, the photons travel a "drunken walk," zigzagging their way from atom to atom until they reach the surface.

Over tens of thousands of years, the photons travel a "drunken walk," zigzagging their way from atom to atom until they reach the surface.

The light created deep in the sun's core eventually emerges on the surface, where it can be directly observed for the first time.

The light created deep in the sun's core eventually emerges on the surface, where it can be directly observed for the first time.



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Conceptual Image Lab, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Earth photo courtesy of NASA/ISS Expedition 13 crew



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