stackyFACTSWhile sound shoves things straight forward, light is infinitely more dramatic. An electromagnetic wave propagates forward while its internal electric and magnetic fields furiously vibrate up, down, and side-to-side, strictly perpendicular to the actual direction it is traveling. It literally wiggles its way across the universe.
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