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ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

I went to Hawaii on vacation to get a tan, but I got something else instead. Ultraviolet
rays are stronger, and hotter near the equator. When I got home I got x-rays. I was sent
for treatment with gamma rays. Wow! What a vacation.
It was so hot that I had to jump into a pool just to cool off. Ultraviolet rays have
wavelengths between 10nm and 430 nm. They also have a very high frequency of about
10,000,000,000,000,000 Hz.- 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 Hz. Photon energy emissions are
also very high. I think that overexposure to ultraviolet waves caused my sunburn and skin
cancer.
I had broken my leg by falling in-between the plane and the causeway while getting off
the plane at the airport. X-rays have wavelengths between 0.001 nm to about 10 nm. There
frequency varies from 10,000,000,000,000,000 Hz. - 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Hz.
X-rays have slightly higher photon energy emissions than ultraviolet rays. The X-rays had
discovered something very odd, that I have skin cancer.
I was sent to get gamma ray treatment for my skin cancer. Gamma rays have the shortest
wavelengths, between 0.0000003 nm - 0.003 nm. Gamma rays also have the highest frequency,
between 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 Hz. - 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Hz and
higher. They also have the highest photon energy emissions on the electromagnetic
spectrum. The Gamma rays were able to destroy the skin cancer cells after a few
treatments.
The skin cancer was treated and I was normal again in a few days. The Gamma rays played a
big part in destroying the cancer cells. I was sort of glad that I had broken my leg,
other wise I wouldn't have gotten x-rays and discovered the skin cancer. I hate the
ultraviolet rays; they gave me cancer, next time I will use sunscreen! I will never
forget my Hawaiian vacation.
(c) Craig DeLine