Not exact matches
CURTAIN OF LIGHT The ionosphere, a layer
in the Earth's atmosphere that reacts strongly to solar activity, gives off a red - green glow when solar rays
strike it and strip
electrons off of
atoms.
In a traditional solar panel, silicon
atoms are
struck by sunlight and the
atoms» outermost
electrons absorb energy from some of these wavelengths of sunlight, causing the
electrons to get excited.
In this case, the speed demon was an
electron escaping the bonds of its parent
atom when
struck by a photon.