Indoor Glow Expedition
Inside your refreigerator, you will find many things that glow different colours under UV light. The process of this colour change is called fluorescence. UV light is invisible to our eyes, but many fruits, vegetables, sauces, and beverages, contain substances called fluorophores that absorb UV light, change it, and reflect back light within the visible spectrum, where we can see it.
Explore Glow in Nature
Many plants, animals, and fungi are fluorescent, and some are even bioluminescent. Fluorescent ones will glow different colours under UV light, while bioluminescent ones will glow if you turn all lights off. Have a look at lichens, mushrooms, and insects, especially.
Glow Art Project
Many types of seeds and nuts are fluorescent (as described above). For our glow worm project in the photo in the Zine, we used linseeds for the worm, sesame seeds for the snares, and poppy seeds for the dark background. And we dotted an outline in blue glow-in-the-dark paint. Notice how brightly the sesame seeds glow relative to the other seeds. In general, the lighter in colour the seed, the more fluorescent it will be, but not always. Just have a play!
Glow Recipe
The reason the drink is glowing blue is due to quinine in the tonic water. Quinine is added for taste, and it has the intriguing property of being highly fluorescent! Try adding tonic water to other things and see if they glow.
Northwest Tassie
Indoor Glow Expedition
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Explore Glow in Nature
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Glow Art Project
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Glow Recipe
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Northeast Tassie
Indoor Glow Expedition
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Explore Glow in Nature
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Glow Art Project
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Glow Recipe
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Southwest Tassie
The Science Behind Glow Phenomena
Southeast Tassie
Indoor Glow Expedition
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Explore Glow in Nature
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Glow Art Project
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Glow Recipe
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Hobart
Garden Glow Expedition
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Explore Glow in Nature
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Glow Art Project
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Glow Recipe
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