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		viraptor 43 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New study shows plants and animals emit a visible ... No. If it's barely detectable right next to the organism, it's extremely below the noise level on a planetary scale.

ourmandave 43 days ago [–]

What if we got 8 billion people to all jump, er, bio-luminate at once?

viraptor 43 days ago | [–]

You'd still get less than 1 cd of luminance in total, unless my napkin math is way off.

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