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Fluorescence

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Some things can glow in the dark. They take in light. Then they shine with bright colors. This helps us see them. It looks like magic!

Sorpion Under Blacklight edit.jpg
Sorpion Under Blacklight edit.jpg
Do you like bright colors?

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Fluorescent minerals hg.jpg
File:Adaptive-Evolution-of-Eel-Fluorescent-Proteins-from-Fatty-Acid-Binding-Proteins-Produces-Bright-pone.0140972.g001.jpg
Adaptive-Evolution-of-Eel-Fluorescent-Prot...
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Black light theatre Prague HILT 13.jpg
File:Lignum nephriticum - cup of Philippine lignum nephriticum, Pterocarpus indicus, and flask containing its fluorescent solution Hi.jpg
Lignum nephriticum - cup of Philippine...
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Matlaline structure.svg
File:Ruby ball fluorescence @ 520nm laser illumination.jpg
Ruby ball fluorescence @ 520nm laser...
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Fluoreszenz-6l6G hg.jpg
File:Jablonski Diagram of Fluorescence Only-en.svg
Jablonski Diagram of Fluorescence Only-en.svg
File:US $20 under blacklight.jpg
US $20 under blacklight.jpg
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Stokes shift- Rh6G.png
File:Fluorescent Coral Movie.gif
Fluorescent Coral Movie.gif
File:Observed occurrences of green and red biofluorescence in Actinopterygii - journal.pone.0083259.g002.png
Observed occurrences of green and red...

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