Humans Glow in Visible Light

[G_j]

we interrupt politics to inform you that:

http://www.livescience.com/health/090722-body-glow.html

Strange! Humans Glow in Visible Light

By Charles Q. Choi, Special to LiveScience
posted: 22 July 2009 09:10 am ET


The human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists now reveal.

Past research has shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive. In fact, virtually all living creatures emit very weak light, which is thought to be a byproduct of biochemical reactions involving free radicals.

(This visible light differs from the infrared radiation — an invisible form of light — that comes from body heat.)

To learn more about this faint visible light, scientists in Japan employed extraordinarily sensitive cameras capable of detecting single photons. Five healthy male volunteers in their 20s were placed bare-chested in front of the cameras in complete darkness in light-tight rooms for 20 minutes every three hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for three days.

The researchers found the body glow rose and fell over the day, with its lowest point at 10 a.m. and its peak at 4 p.m., dropping gradually after that. These findings suggest there is light emission linked to our body clocks, most likely due to how our metabolic rhythms fluctuate over the course of the day.

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thank you for your attention....

[BlooInBloo]

1. That's so far from strange, it's not even funny.

[Betsy Ross]

2. That makes auras a little more real doesn't it? n/t

[MercutioATC]

3. Yess, and a little less "mystical"

Apparently, "auras" may just be the byproduct of biochemical reactions.

[hedgehog]

4. Body temperature is a byproduct of biochemical reactions, s,

and its a basic determinant of health status.

[omega minimo]

9. Apparently the comprehension of auras is limited and even this news reinforces your little

boxes.

[KittyWampus]

10. your need to disparage those of us who engage in mysticism doesn't say much

in your favor.

YOU are the one who creates an image of "woo-woos" and uses your preconceived notions to condemn others.

As someone who has studied Qabala for quite a few years now, I assure you, the tradition never saw auras as anything else other than a biochemical reaction.

The difference between you and your prejudice and me and my open, exploring mind is that I don't suffer from a superiority complex that causes me to disparage other world views.

[orleans]

5. so when pregnant women "glow" they really "glow"

i know i did!

[G_j]

6. yes, it's too bad

the experiment was only done with men..


:shrug:

[AspenRose]

7. Also in the first stages of love, people 'glow'

Hmm. Curious....

[HOLOS]

8. k&R