Electromagnetic Spectrum: Visible Light

Our eyes,
they peek
through doors ajar

glimpse slivers
of some larger view
forever outside human sight

and thus
we think
we know the light

but
much escapes
our narrow sense

and
leaves us
in immense suspense:

what
is it that
we do not see?




Electromagnetic Spectrum: Visible Light © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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18 lines.  Science Imagery challenge prompt - link:

https://allpoetry.com/contest/2778593-Science-imagery

More about the EM spectrum, visible light, and related concepts:

https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/emspectrum1.html

https://science.nasa.gov/ems/01_intro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum
Submitted: May 17, 2021









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