View Single Post
  #4679  
Old 01-12-2012, 05:58 PM
peacegirl's Avatar
peacegirl peacegirl is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: U.S.A.
Gender: Female
Posts: XXMVCDLXXX
Default Re: A Revolution in Thought: Part Two

Quote:
Originally Posted by specious_reasons View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by peacegirl View Post
Actually, objects only absorb light; they don't reflect it. There is no property in the object that is capable of reflecting light. Light travels and bounces off of objects but that's not the same thing.
"Reflect" and "bouncing off" are two completely different things!
What I mean by that is that the object does not reflect the non-absorbing light; but the light coming from the Sun does strike the object (in the full spectrum) and bounces off.
Reply With Quote
 
Page generated in 0.34772 seconds with 10 queries