Posted on 07/23/2009 12:14:39 PM PDT by presidio9
The human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists now reveal.
Past research has shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive. In fact, virtually all living creatures emit very weak light, which is thought to be a byproduct of biochemical reactions involving free radicals.
(This visible light differs from the infrared radiation - an invisible form of light - that comes from body heat.)
To learn more about this faint visible light, scientists in Japan employed extraordinarily sensitive cameras capable of detecting single photons. Five healthy male volunteers in their 20s were placed bare-chested in front of the cameras in complete darkness in light-tight rooms for 20 minutes every three hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for three days.
The researchers found the body glow rose and fell over the day, with its lowest point at 10 a.m. and its peak at 4 p.m., dropping gradually after that. These findings suggest there is light emission linked to our body clocks, most likely due to how our metabolic rhythms fluctuate over the course of the day.
Faces glowed more than the rest of the body. This might be because faces are more tanned than the rest of the body, since they get more exposure to sunlight - the pigment behind skin color, melanin, has fluorescent components that could enhance the body's miniscule light production.
Since this faint light is linked with the body's metabolism,
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Is this sort of like the Aura thing in the 60’s and 70’s.
I knew a guy who claimed to “auras”.
Eventually he got tired of me asking “Hey, how’s my aura today?” every time I saw him.
Reminds me of a story concerning Moses... but maybe that’s because I’m hungry.
I wonder how much that useless study cost.
surely, just a reflection of the host in the sun
Since it took place in Japan, I wouldn't lose too much sleep worrying about it.
Some people glow. Others are dark.
I don’t know, the US spends money everywhere:
Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund
Use of amounts in Fund for promotion of scholarly, cultural, and artistic activities between Japan and United States
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/22/usc_sec_22_00002902——000-.html
‘visible light’ is perceivable at any existing level of intensity. Humans, shut in a completely dark room are capable of consciously registering a single photon if it hits a rod/cone on the retina. So, if the article about light is correct, you would be able to perceive a person moving in a room in complete darkness.
I normally wait for 'em to fart and aim in that direction ;-)
Which we have all done at some point. Or at least believed we have done. Ever been sure that there was someone there, even when you couldn't see them?
So this is the difference in seeing a sleeping person and a dead person. You just *know*.
My daughter found my father in the kitchen floor. He had fell many times before from Parkinsons Disease, but when I walked into the kitchen and saw him, I just *knew*.
I wish I could describe the difference, but I can’t. Visibly, he just looked passed out.
“Well ..... DUH!” - ping
This is supposedly a product of the cemical reactions that are taking place on the cellular levels, which presumably continue to take place for quite some time after the heart stops beating and the brain dies. So I don’t think that theory works here.
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