#Edit this page Wikipedia (en) copyright Wikipedia Atom feed List of light sources From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search A video of atmospheric Lightning, which can be a spectacular source of illumination. This is a list of sources of light, including both natural and artificial sources, and both processes and devices. A typical light source emits electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum. This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Contents * 1 Combustion * 2 Natural + 2.1 Celestial and atmospheric light + 2.2 Terrestrial * 3 Direct chemical * 4 Combustion-based * 5 Electric powered + 5.1 Electron stimulated + 5.2 Incandescent lamps + 5.3 Electroluminescent (EL) lamps + 5.4 Gas discharge lamps o 5.4.1 High-intensity discharge lamps * 6 Other * 7 See also * 8 External links [edit] Combustion A small fire in a backyard fire pit. * Fire [edit] Natural The Sun The Moon Starry sky crossed with the Milky Way and a shooting star Zodiacal light [edit] Celestial and atmospheric light * Astronomical objects + Sun (Sunlight (solar radiation)) o Sunset & Sunrise o Corona o Photosphere + Starlight (Stars (forming groups such as star clusters and galaxies and indirectly lighting nebulae) o Bright star (List of brightest stars) o Deep sky objects including quasars, Accretion discs around black holes, misc. nebulae + Supernova + Milky Way + Zodiacal light (dust in solar system) + Gegenschein * Atmospheric reentry (via ionization and/or heating) (Can be non-natural also) + Meteors + meteor showers (Category:Meteor showers, List) + Bolide + Earth-grazing fireball * Lightning (Plasma (physics)) + Sprite (lightning) + Ball lightning + Upper-atmospheric lightning + Dry lightning * Aurorae * Cerenkov radiation (from cosmic rays hitting atmosphere) [edit] Terrestrial A bioluminescenct fungus * Bioluminescence + Luciferase - found in glowworms (Arachnocampa and Phengodidae), fireflies (Lampyridae), and certain bacteria + Aequorea victoria (a type of jellyfish) + Antarctic krill + Parchment worm (Chaetopterus), which exhibits blue bioluminescence despite having no light sensitivity + Cavitation bubbles + The common piddock (Pholas dactylus) + Foxfire, one of up to 71 known species of luminescent fungus + Glowworm A volcano * Volcanic + Volcanic eruption (lightning, heated material) + Lava + Lava flow + Lava lake * Radioluminescence (also man-made) * Triboluminescence (also man-made) * Earthquake light [edit] Direct chemical * Chemoluminescence (Lightsticks) * Fluorescence * Phosphorescence [edit] Combustion-based 19th century American hanging lamp, probably originally intended to burn whale oil. See also: Combustion * Argand lamp * Argon flash * Acetylene/Carbide lamps * Betty lamp * Butter lamp * Candles * Flash powder * Gas lighting * Gas mantle * Kerosene lamps * Lanterns * Limelights * Oil lamps * Rushlights * Safety lamps + Davy lamps + Geordie lamps * Torches [edit] Electric powered A common household incandescent light bulb. Filament of incandescent closeup * Light Bulb [edit] Electron stimulated * Cathodoluminescence * Electron Stimulated Luminescence (ESL light bulbs) * Cathode ray tube (CRT monitor) + Monoscope * Nixie tube [edit] Incandescent lamps See also: Incandescence * Carbon button lamp * Conventional incandescent light bulbs + Flashlight * Halogen lamps * Globar * Nernst lamp [edit] Electroluminescent (EL) lamps Main article: Electroluminescence * Light-emitting diodes + Organic light-emitting diodes + Polymer light-emitting diodes + Solid-state lighting + LED lamp * Electroluminescent sheets * Electroluminescent wires [edit] Gas discharge lamps A standard household compact fluorescent lamp Main article: Gas discharge lamp * Fluorescent lamps + Compact fluorescent lamps + Black light * Inductive lighting * Hollow cathode lamp * Neon and argon lamps * Plasma lamps * Xenon flash lamps [edit] High-intensity discharge lamps Main article: High-intensity discharge lamp * Carbon arc lamps * Ceramic discharge metal halide lamps * Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamps * Mercury-vapor lamps * Metal halide lamps * Sodium vapor lamps * Xenon arc lamps [edit] Other Synchrotron radiation causing light from ionized air * Annihilation * Blackbody radiation * Bremsstrahlung * Čerenkov radiation * Cyclotron radiation * Radioluminescence * Explosion * Fusor * Floodlight * Hybrid Solar Lighting * Lasers, Laser diode * Nonlinear optics allows for many processes that create visible light from other wavelengths of light which may or may not be visible * Sonoluminescence * Sulfur lamp * Synchrotron light; see also Synchrotron radiation * Scintillation (physics) * Supercontinuum * Spark * Tanning lamp * LIFI * Light pollution * High altitude nuclear explosion [edit] See also * Photometry (optics) * Spectrometer [edit] External links * A CD spectrometer Color spectrographs of common light sources * The Double Amici Prism Hand-Held Spectroscope in Practice - Dozens of raw visible spectra of a wide variety of light sources. 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