I stand, feeling the ocean waves hitting me. The shorter the distance between the waves arriving each second, the greater the amount of energy arriving. Hmmm. How can I reveal that high frequency* waves of energysuch as invisible ultra-violet light contain so much energy that they can damage us? Visible light has longer wave lengths and thus contains less energy. Invisible infrared waves have even longer wavelengths and even less energy.

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Chapter Six - Land of the Lost Trace Gases -Life and Death in the Waves.        

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