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To: jennyp
What if Adam's eyes were detecting the slower, less-energetic cosmic rays?

Also, I think you mean "longer, less-energetic gamma rays." Cosmic rays are actually massive particles, not photons. All photons have the same speed, the energy difference being in the wavelengths.

1,103 posted on 08/18/2003 6:30:28 PM PDT by VadeRetro
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To: VadeRetro

Also, I think you mean "longer, less-energetic gamma rays." Cosmic rays are actually massive particles, not photons. All photons have the same speed, the energy difference being in the wavelengths.

Oh, yeah. That's right.

1,110 posted on 08/18/2003 6:47:47 PM PDT by jennyp ("...and that's why rabbits have brown feet.")
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