In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a place where radiation levels remain dangerously high decades after the 1986 nuclear ...

Cathleen Lewis: White is the color that reflects back the radiation most effectively while in outer space. Narrator: Here on Earth, our atmosphere shields us from 77% of the sun's radiation.

To understand where black falls on the color spectrum, first consider what light actually is. Light is radiation visible to the human eye Light is energy called electromagnetic radiation.