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By definition, the word "visible" means something you can see. Beware: you cannot see a light ray or beam or photon as it whizzes past you. You only see those rays that enter your eye. In a dusty atmosphere you might say you can see a light beam, but what you see is that part which is scattered into your eyes.

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