how light can travel at the same time in the smae space than other light?

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As I was going to sleep, I see two different light beams going through my window, iluminating two different spots of my bedroom but yet both going through my window at the same time constantly, how does that work? Are they in the same place at the same time? Or are they so fast that I can’t notice they are actually taking turns to come in?

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Unless they’re the exact same color then they will be different wavelengths, and different wavelengths of light can occupy the same space without mingling. Like how in a microwave you can have “microwaves” and visible light both there.

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