Hacker News: kor445ghttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kor445gHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 07 May 2026 14:26:30 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by kor445g in "The Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells"]]>this is on the longer timescale. for nanosecond timescales plants use "non-photochemical quenching" to prevent damage from energetic rays. this is why they look green and not black - they only absorb 90% of the green photons (which are the most abundant)

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