Electromagnetic Field Visualiser

A false-colour visualisation of electromagnetic radiation as oscillating fields moving through space.

Electromagnetic Spectrum ?

Logarithmic scale β€” wavelength shrinks as frequency and photon energy rise
300 km
1 kHz
300 m
1 MHz
30 cm
1 GHz
0.3 mm
1 THz
700 nm
red
400 nm
violet
3 nm
UV
3 pm
X-ray
0.003 pm
gamma
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πŸŒ„km waveslong radio
🏠houseHF radio
🧍person~1.7 m
πŸ“±phoneUHF / Wi‑Fi
πŸͺ™coincm–mm
🧡human hair~70 ¡m
β€’dust grain~10 Β΅m
🦠bacterium~1 ¡m
✦virus~100 nm
β‹…molecule~1 nm
βš›atom~0.1 nm
β—¦nucleussubatomic

Radio waves are light too

Radio, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet and X-rays are all electromagnetic radiation. The difference is scale.

πŸ“» Radio region
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