We, Humans, have developed 5 senses throughout our evolution on this planet. Vision, Taste, Smell, Hearing, Touch. These allow us to perceive the nature around us as we experience it today. But are we able to see, feel, or experience everything that nature offers to us with these senses? The answer turns out no! We can’t! For example, How many basic colors are there that we can see… VIBGYOR (Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red)… Easy right?
Now have a look at the Electromagnetic spectrum. We, Humans, are only able to see a tiny portion of this wide range of wavelengths that are there around us… Everywhere. All those 7 colors are in that small section. And we have thousands of color shades produced from those 7 basic colors. And nature is already so diverse and beautiful because of it.
We had to develop tools and techniques to understand that there is more going on in the universe than just VIBGYOR. All those Ultraviolet and Infrared wavelengths are being employed in our daily lives. Everyone knows how X-rays work and Microwave is like a college student’s best friend. What if we could actually see a larger portion of this spectrum? What colors are we not able to see? What would nature look like with those unknown colors?
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