It seems like other electromagnetic waves have some special properties. Microwave can heat the water molecules, infrared is basically “heat waves”. UV have enough energy to damage DNA and harm a living things. X-rays and Gamma radiation can penetrate a lot of material and also damage DNA. But the visible part is just visible, or it have some other properties?
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Visible light wavelengths also do some of the things you’re talking about. Light from the sun heats up water. It makes things visible through other materials with varying levels of emissivity. We just don’t use “sciency” terms to define that because these things have been obvious for thousands of years.
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