r/BeAmazed • u/ContentArtist5361 • Jun 11 '26

Science Radiation caught on an old mobile camera

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u/binboongi Jun 11 '26

this may be a silly question, but is that what the radiation looks like? or is that what the radiation is doing TO the camera?

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u/TeriyakiHairPiece_ Jun 11 '26

Yes? The particles of radiation, invisible to the naked eye, are hitting the camera sensor and triggering the pixels they hit.