sodium light

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In a 2019 Nature Communications study, researchers used a low-pressure sodium light to cast a yellow tint on an entire room.

From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2023

Frank and Sheikh wondered if sodium light would be used by a civilization that developed differently — perhaps their eyes would function in different parts of the spectrum.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Its shiny skin glinted in the sodium light of the loading bay; its floor wasn’t sticky; the seats didn’t smell like fried chicken.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018

Pyrotechnics sputtered into life, their sodium light cutting through the fog.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2018

There is a slight difficulty to be noted in consequence of the fact that there are two series of waves in sodium light.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 by Various