Strange! Humans Glow in Visible Light
By Charles Q. Choi, Special to LiveScience
posted: 22 July 2009 09:10 am ET
DAVID ARCHULETA GLOWING IN DEL MAR
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 becaus
e 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, this finding suggests cameras that can spot the weak emissions could help spot medical conditions, said researcher Hitoshi Okamura, a circadian biologist at Kyoto University in Japan.
Ok this is WAAAYY more than you cared to know about this – but if you are a weird nerd like me who looooves Strange and Weird Science and stuff about glowing people click HERE for the rest of the story.
AFD wants to see one of those scans done on David Archuleta!
Sorry the type is wonky – I can’t fix it – those blue hyperlinks insist on being there –
guess no one else likes weird nerdy science stuff like I do ???
archiefandoc(Quote)
haha Im with you on the weird nerdy science :p lol
Francisco(Quote)
LOL! THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT!
HEADLINES!!! Confirmed – Humans Glow – Especially David Archuleta!
archuletafanscene(Quote)
2 words: He Glows
1 quote just for fun: “We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow worm.” Winston Churchill
Judith(Quote)
NOW THERE IS PROOF…….. for those nonbelievers that needed physical proof to believe in the power of David Archuleta…… now you have it!! LOL!!
China80(Quote)
Science nerds FTW. I think that David’s glow and his tendency to be cold are related, too. It makes sense, doesn’t it? Apparently his body emits a lot of energy, keeping little for himself, hence why he feels cold so often. And maybe we can sense/see that warmth seeping out of him as some sort of glow? *scratches head* Does that even make sense? haha, sorry if it doesn’t.
Annie(Quote)
I recall meeting him during the idol concert tour. I did speak one on one with him as he was signing an autograph. He looked up
at me and that look was so impacting. His eyes. It’s as if he knew about you. It was like almost hypnotic and glowing. His face was so angelic that defined a peace. That look was something you could not forget about. Apparently he has another presence within
him that sets off those qualities. He gives you goosebumps. Can’t explain this.
Anonymous(Quote)
Nice theory Annie — maybe so.
Anonymous – yes, the goosebumps – can’t explain it either, but I keep on trying.
ArchieFanDoc(Quote)
Have said many times back, that David glows. Don’t know how many people have experienced it but truly David Archuleta glows. Thought he is David Archie from the word ARCH which is archangel. To sum it up..David Archuleta is truly an angel….an ARCHANGEL.
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