SciShow: The Sun Is Green

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Content of the Lesson: Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. The Sun is green, actually. We'll go into why the blackbody effect means the Sun emits more green visible light than any other color, and why evolution and color perception mean it's ok to see it as yellow, anyway. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishowFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www2.oberlin.edu/physics/Scofield/p268/library/Ch-03%20Sunlight.pdf https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01259 https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Spectroscopy/Vibrational_Spectroscopy/Infrared_Spectroscopy/Infrared_Spectroscopy https://bookshop.org/p/books/thermal-physics-ralph-baierlein/6554391?ean=9780521658386 https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-14-2-609&id=87557 https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F8GF8WYBCQVKTGPX3MA58182 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep36038 Image Sources: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/cartoon-sun-royalty-free-illustration/475811442?phrase=sun+drawing+glasses&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/set-of-different-clouds-on-blue-background-royalty-free-illustration/1454079958?phrase=cloud&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/aerial-clouds-to-the-sky-in-motion-aerial-view-white-stock-footage/1199054763?adppopup=true https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F8GF658T060QGSSZYR1GD6GA https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/pencils-stock-footage/472801069?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-clear-sky-with-a-cloud-stock-footage/645307324?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Light_dispersion_conceptual_waves.gif https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/4182-Image https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/empty-colorful-swings-at-the-park-royalty-free-image/525027976?phrase=swing&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/using-the-barcode-scanner-in-the-warehouse-stock-footage/1391099861?adppopup=true https://javalab.org/en/conduction_2_en/ https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01F8GF8WYBCQVKTGPX3MA58182 https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/scan/spectrum/txt_electromagnetic_spectrum.html https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/cyber-sport-gamer-playing-game-stock-footage/1397579882?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/babbling-mountain-stream-stock-footage/1412369027?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/childrens-drawing-of-spring-royalty-free-image/172242666?phrase=drawing+sun+crayon&adppopup=true https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/blue-sky/en/ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/asian-boy-paint-picture-of-the-earth-with-water-color-stock-footage/1401168194?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/time-lapse-of-a-day-to-night-sequence-with-clouds-moving-stock-footage/1369516776?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/abstract-blurred-gradient-background-colours-royalty-free-illustration/1418628408?phrase=texture&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/sunbeams-peaking-through-lush-green-leaves-stock-footage/1158743130?adppopup=true https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/light-wavelengths.html


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