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  2. Purple Earth hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    However, when porphyrin-based photoautotrophs evolved and started to photosynthesize, which included both the primitive purple bacteria using bacteriochlorophyll and cyanobacteria using chlorophyll, highly reactive dioxygen was released as a byproduct of water splitting and started to accumulate, first in the ocean and then in the atmosphere.

  3. Phosphorescence - Wikipedia

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    Some examples of glow-in-the-dark materials do not glow by phosphorescence. For example, glow sticks glow due to a chemiluminescent process which is commonly mistaken for phosphorescence. In chemiluminescence, an excited state is created via a chemical reaction. The light emission tracks the kinetic progress of the underlying chemical reaction.

  4. Rhodopsin - Wikipedia

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    Rhodopsin, also known as visual purple, is a protein encoded by the RHO gene [5] and a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). It is a light -sensitive receptor protein that triggers visual phototransduction in rod cells .

  5. Photosynthetically active radiation - Wikipedia

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    Photons at longer wavelengths do not carry enough energy to allow photosynthesis to take place. Other living organisms, such as cyanobacteria, purple bacteria, and heliobacteria, can exploit solar light in slightly extended spectral regions, such as the near-infrared. These bacteria live in environments such as the bottom of stagnant ponds ...

  6. Why the sky turned purple during Hurricane Milton - AOL

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    The skies over St. Petersburg, Florida, turned purple as Hurricane Milton approached the Florida coast last week, a phenomenon that has been seen in other hurricanes such as Delta, Dorian, and ...

  7. Ocean color - Wikipedia

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    Ocean color data is a key tool for research into how marine ecosystems respond to climate change and anthropogenic perturbations. [29] One of the biggest challenges for ocean color remote sensing is atmospheric correction, or removing the color signal of the atmospheric haze and clouds to focus on the color signal of the ocean water. [30]

  8. Virtual photon - Wikipedia

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    Virtual photons are said to be "off-shell", which means that they do not obey the usual relationship between energy and momentum that applies to real particles. Real photons must always have energy equal to the speed of light times their momentum, but virtual photons can have any energy that is consistent with the uncertainty principle.

  9. The Hidden Meaning Behind Purple Fence Posts and the ... - AOL

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    What Do Purple Fence Posts Mean? Several states have adopted a new way to keep people off their private property. Instead of hanging metal or plastic "No Trespassing" signs, they can now simply ...