{"id":48,"date":"2022-04-27T07:12:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/chapter\/photons-are-disobedient\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:46:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T21:46:26","slug":"photons-are-disobedient","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/chapter\/photons-are-disobedient\/","title":{"raw":"PHOTONS ARE DISOBEDIENT","rendered":"PHOTONS ARE DISOBEDIENT"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"photons-are-disobedient\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">p. 21<\/p>\r\nUnlike good little electrons, proton and neutrons, photons do not obey the <em>Pauli<\/em> <em>Exclusion<\/em> <em>Principle<\/em>. Any number of photos can pile up on top of each other while traveling in the same direction at the same time. This is fortunate. Since one photon would probably always be coming from every direction, everything would look dim grey. Differences in brightness depend on photons being able to bunch together.<img src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-904x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-image-171\" width=\"500\" height=\"566\" \/>\r\n\r\nTheir disobedience can result in a bit of collateral color distortion which gives them away. For example, take those distant mountains\u2019 purple majesty. Despite appearances, up close they do not appear purple at all. What happens is this:\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"photons-are-disobedient\">While traveling from afar, those mountain photons get joined by other photons from the sun that have been scattered by water molecules in the air along the way. Because more short wavelengths get scattered, more short wavelength photons than long ones join those coming from the mountain. Given enough distance these hitch hikers predominate.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><\/p>","rendered":"<div class=\"photons-are-disobedient\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">p. 21<\/p>\n<p>Unlike good little electrons, proton and neutrons, photons do not obey the <em>Pauli<\/em> <em>Exclusion<\/em> <em>Principle<\/em>. Any number of photos can pile up on top of each other while traveling in the same direction at the same time. This is fortunate. Since one photon would probably always be coming from every direction, everything would look dim grey. Differences in brightness depend on photons being able to bunch together.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-904x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright wp-image-171\" width=\"500\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-904x1024.jpg 904w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-768x870.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-1356x1536.jpg 1356w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-1808x2048.jpg 1808w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-65x74.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-225x255.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.library.upei.ca\/danceofphotons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/69\/2022\/04\/proton10-350x396.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Their disobedience can result in a bit of collateral color distortion which gives them away. For example, take those distant mountains\u2019 purple majesty. Despite appearances, up close they do not appear purple at all. What happens is this:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photons-are-disobedient\">While traveling from afar, those mountain photons get joined by other photons from the sun that have been scattered by water molecules in the air along the way. Because more short wavelengths get scattered, more short wavelength photons than long ones join those coming from the mountain. 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