eli5 why is the infra red part of the spectrum warm?
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Everything gives off electromagnetic radiation, and the hotter the object, the higher the frequencies of light they give off.
Objects at everyday temperatures give off mostly infrared light, so anything you’d think of as warm or even hot will be radiating in infrared. After about 500 C, visible light is emitted, that is when things start to become red hot.
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