Most of the electromagnetic spectrum is invisible to human eyes. Kimberly Arcand,the visualization lead for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, specializing in image and meaning research and data representation, and Megan Watzke,the press officer for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, specializing in communicating astronomy with the public, and talk about their recent book Light: The Visual Spectrum and Beyond(Black Dog & Leventhal,2015) covering all of light from radio waves at one discontinuance to gamma waves on the other.
Follow along with the images below to glimpse some of these hidden kinds of light:
A montage depicting the many different types of light emitted from the sun
(NASA/SDO/Black Dog & Leventhal)
A bee collecting pollen
(Jon Sullivan/Black Dog & Leventhal)
Lightning in Quebec
(Jp Marquis/Black Dog & Leventhal)
The Northern Lights
(US Air Force, Senior Airman Joshua Strang/Black Dog & Leventhal)
G292 X-ray
(NASA/CXC/SAO/Black Dog & Leventhal)
Source: wnyc.org