List of light sources
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This page is a list of sources of light. It includes both natural and artificial sources, and both processes and devices.
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Contents
Natural
- Astronomical objects
- *Stars
- *Star clusters
- *Galaxies
- *Nebulae
- Bioluminescence
- *Fireflies
- *Aequorea victoria jellyfish
- *Antarctic krill
- *Lux operon
- Lightning
- Auroras
- Sunlight
- *Skylight
- *Moonlight
- Triboluminescence
Direct chemical
Combustion-based
- Acetylene/Carbide lamps
- Betty lamp
- Butter lamp
- Candles
- Fire
- Gas lighting
- Kerosene lamps
- Lanterns
- Oil lamps
- Rushlights
- Safety lamps
- *Davy lamps
- *Geordie lamps
- Torches
Electric
Arc lamps
Incandescent lamps
Electroluminescent (EL) lamps
- Light-emitting diodes
- *Organic light-emitting diodes
- *Polymer light-emitting diodes
- *Solid-state lighting
Gas discharge lamps
- Fluorescent lamps
- *Black light
- Inductive lighting
- Hollow cathode lamp
- Neon and argon lamps
- Plasma lamps
- Xenon flash lamps
High-intensity discharge lamps
- Ceramic discharge metal halide lamps
- Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide (HMI) lamps
- Mercury-vapor lamps
- Metal halide lamps
- Sodium vapor lamps
- Xenon arc lamps
Nuclear
- Radioluminescent paint (formerly used on watch and clock dials)
- Self-powered lighting
Other
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