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Sunday, June 8, 2014

beach room ideas?




Natalie


anybody have any ideas? im redoing my room and i want it to be beachy =]]


Answer
1] paint top half of walls sky blue.
2] paint bottom half sea blue or sea green [ don't forget gentle waves. ]
3] carpet should be sand color.
4] get a lounge chair, and cushions in the sky or sea color.
5] use empty lobster pot for bedside table
6] use clam basket for storage, and small one for trash.
7] get a palm tree lamp.
8] put up a fishing net with shells, fish, seaweed on one wall.
[ maybe a Barbie mermaid? ]
9] use large conch shell for planter, fake crab and starfish for paperweight, decor.
10] fill a clear glass squat vase with some sand, put in a votive candle, and surround rest of candle with tiny shells
11] surfboard shelves
12] use glass floats, if you can find them
13] how about life preserver pillows?

what are UV- A rays and UV-B rays?




superb2404


can i make my table lamp produce uv-A rays or uv -B rays. how do i do it? are uv -A rays beneficial to produce melannin


Answer
UVA:
Can pass through window glass.
Is not affected by a change in altitude or weather.
Is present all day and every day of the year.
Penetrates deep into skin layers.
Is 5% of the sun's rays.
Is 20 times more abundant than UVB rays.
Affects long-term skin damage.

UVB:
Cannot pass through window glass.
Causes sunburn.
Causes tanning.
Helps the body with normal vitamin D production.
Varies with the season. It is more intense in the summer than in the winter.
Varies with weather conditions.
Is more intense at midday than in the morning or late afternoon.
Is more intense at high altitudes and near the equator.
Is 0.5% of the sun's rays.
Is protected against by the sun protection factor (SPF) in sunscreens.
Is related to more than 90% of nonmelanoma skin cancer.
Is related to cataracts.

More:

How Sunlight Works

Sunlight arrives on earth in three forms: infrared (heat), visible light and ultraviolet. Ultraviolet light is classified into three categories:
UVA (315 to 400 nm), also known as black light, which causes tanning
UVB (280 to 315 nm), which causes damage in the form of sunburn
UVC (100 to 280 nm), which is filtered out by the atmosphere and never reaches us.
99% of the sun's UV radiation at sea level is UVA. It is the UVB that causes most of the problems related to sun exposure: things like aging, wrinkles, cancer and so on, although research is increasingly implicating UVA as well.
One of the interesting things about UV radiation is that it is reflected by different surfaces. These reflections can amplify the effects of UV exposure. For example, snow reflects 90% of UV light. That is why you can get snow blindness and severe sunburns from skiing on a sunny day. Sand can reflect up to 20% of UVB that hits it, meaning that you can get extra UV exposure at the beach.

On the other hand, certain things absorb almost all UV radiation partially or completely. Glass is one of these substances - many glasses are very good absorbers of UV (which is why you may have heard that you cannot get sunburn in a greenhouse - just make sure it is glass and not plastic covering the greenhouse!). Most sunscreens use chemicals that have the same UV-absorbing properties.




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