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Chlorophyll molecules become excited when photons of light strike them. This excitement results in valence electrons moving to a higher energy level. The electrons are transferred through many pigments called antenna pigments until they reach a pigment called the Reaction Center. Normally, the Reaction Center would pass these electrons on to an electron transport chain, but, since pure chlorophyll does not have any electron transport chains, the electrons, which are highly unstable, simply return to their original energy level. Energy is released as the return, and this energy is what we see as fluorescent light.

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