List of light sources
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This is a list of sources of light, including both natural and artificial sources, and both processes and devices.
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[edit] Natural
- Astronomical objects
- Bioluminescence
- Fireflies
- Aequorea victoria (a type of jellyfish)
- Antarctic krill
- Lux operon
- Lightning
- Aurorae
- Sunlight
- Triboluminescence
[edit] Direct chemical
[edit] Combustion-based
- See also: Combustion
- Argon flash
- Acetylene/Carbide lamps
- Betty lamp
- Butter lamp
- Candles
- Fire
- Gas lighting
- Kerosene lamps
- Lanterns
- Limelights
- Oil lamps
- Rushlights
- Safety lamps
- Torches
- glowworms
[edit] Electric
[edit] Arc lamps
[edit] Incandescent lamps
- See also: Incandescence
[edit] Electroluminescent (EL) lamps
[edit] Gas discharge lamps
- Fluorescent lamps
- Inductive lighting
- Hollow cathode lamp
- Neon and argon lamps
- Plasma lamps
- Xenon flash lamps
[edit] 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
[edit] Nuclear
- Radioluminescent paint (formerly used on watch and clock dials)
- Self-powered lighting
