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turning photons into permanent evidence they were ever there.
means the process of collecting and recording light so an image or energy can be stored, measured, or reproduced later.
from from photography's core problem, coined loosely around silver halide chemistry and later solar tech, both chasing the same goal: trap fleeting light before it moves on.
first fixed imagetook niepce roughly eight hours of exposure
solar panelsonly capture 15 to 22 percent of sunlight
human eyecaptures light using cells older than dinosaurs
telescopescapture light that left its source millennia ago
for instance
james webb telescope — captures infrared light from 13.5 billion years ago
niepce heliograph — 1826, first permanently captured photographic image
solar farms — convert captured sunlight directly into grid electricity
camera sensor cmos — captures light electronically in nearly every phone made