Due Saturday September 28, 1996. This homework is on the nature of light and atoms and light . The solutions to Homework 2 were posted on Sep. 28, 1996.
Photographic films are usually more efficient when measuring more energetic photons.
A spacecraft passes close to a hitherto unkown planet. A camera system on the spacecraft photographs the surface details quite clearly in all wavelengths except the absorption bands of carbon dioxide. At these wavelengths, the image is featureless. Interpret these results. You are considering buying a pair of binoculars.