Does light occupy space?

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My son wants to know how we can perceive light and it not take up any space at the same time.

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Light is a wave of the electromagnetic field. So, I guess it has a spot in the same way that a chuck of water has a spot on the ocean, but that doesn’t really stop a boat from being there too. Also don’t look too closely at the analogy because water waves are not like light waves(and sometimes light has particle properties but like just don’t worry about that).

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