When black is white
August 2011:
What we witness is an eternal dance of illumination and reflectivity.
Contributed by Bob Berman
Published:
June 27, 2011
What’s the visual difference between your favorite white shirt and the leaky pen’s black ink that ruined it? Or snow and tar? One’s white while the other’s black. Objects on Earth or in the heavens that reflect all colors equally are automatically black, white, or gray.
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