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If I am reading the graphs right, except for the very top there is no blue lights.
 
If I am reading the graphs right, except for the very top there is no blue lights.
 
[[User:Traisjames|From the guy with his eye on the sky.]] ([[User talk:Traisjames|talk]]) 06:41, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
 
[[User:Traisjames|From the guy with his eye on the sky.]] ([[User talk:Traisjames|talk]]) 06:41, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
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Presumably the top is gold?
  
 
Also the spike in the near IR of the large graph is likely to be a mercury line. I think fires would have a smoother curve of a black body.  
 
Also the spike in the near IR of the large graph is likely to be a mercury line. I think fires would have a smoother curve of a black body.  

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If I am reading the graphs right, except for the very top there is no blue lights. From the guy with his eye on the sky. (talk) 06:41, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Presumably the top is gold?

Also the spike in the near IR of the large graph is likely to be a mercury line. I think fires would have a smoother curve of a black body. 199.27.128.122 06:47, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Could someone make a coloured version?Guru-45 (talk) 07:22, 25 December 2013 (UTC)

Also the light at the top of the tree seems to be emitting in the UV range. Perhaps it’s supposed to be a fluorescent lamp? 108.162.245.7 07:30, 25 December 2013 (UTC)