2012-03-11 [Duredhel]: happy bday Luna! Char is up! post post ;D!

2012-03-11 [La Luna]: Thanks Dur! Will do! :3

2012-03-13 [The Past]: Correct me if I am wrong... but I believe light and heat are two different things. Sources like the sun and light bulbs give off heat and light, but I don't think they are the same thing :/

2012-03-13 [Figgy]: Looked it up, something about the light reacting with the atoms and molecules in a substance to make them vibrate faster, thus causing heat. So, she could concentrate her light to heat one specific spot of a substance, but not necessarily the air, unless she somehow pulled the greenhouse effect and trapped the heat in a space. I could be wrong, but that's what I gathered.

2012-03-13 [The Past]: Hm, was wondering, as I always remembered stuff like the sun and light bulbs producing light and heat, not counted them as one. Although, how would light cause extra vibration? I mean, we get light from them moon but it is light reflected from the sun, yet if you stand under moonlight it doesn't warm you like sunlight. Of course, that could be because that is diluted, but also could mean that it is only the light reflected back to us, not the heat.

Also, not meaning this in an attacking type way, just confused and curious o.o and I think I am just confusing myself more now...

2012-03-13 [Figgy]: XD It's alright.

Sinlight vs. a brick wall:

"Light from the sun excites electrons in the atoms which constitute the brick wall. How does that electronic energy get converted to heat, you ask. The key is 'radiationless transitions.' Here's how it works: the atoms of the brick are perpetually vibrating. Some of those atoms vibrate sufficiently vigorously that their vibrational energy is roughly equal to the electronic energy (photons) absorbed from the sun--in essence, they are in resonance with the solar energy. Those atoms then make a quantum transition from 'electronically excited' to 'vibrationally excited,' meaning that the energy causes the whole atom to move. We feel that motion as "heat." The atoms which make the jump to vibrational excitation soon collide into neighboring atoms, dissipating their vibrational energy throughout the entire brick, making the brick hot throughout.

2012-03-13 [The Past]: Hm, will go with it, just still a little confused how light can cause an object to react, since generally it reflects of an item. I assume it would have something to do with the wave lengths of light, causing a form of physical force against particles.
Meh, too much physics for a girl doing Classics, so will leave it, but still might wonder later on about it ;)

2012-03-13 [Figgy]: There's a reason I'm majoring in a foreign language and not a science 8>

2012-03-13 [Ms. Steel]: *insert crude joke here*

2012-03-13 [Figgy]: Penis.

2012-03-13 [Ms. Steel]: Cunning linguist.

2012-03-13 [Duredhel]: Pene 8>

2012-03-15 [La Luna]: Alllright... >.> Totally casual...

2012-10-17 [La Luna]: Ellie's in the Media Room