It does not, it travels as a wave
Light rays travel in straight lines called rays or beams. They propagate by transferring energy and momentum through particles or fields, such as photons in a vacuum or electromagnetic waves in a medium. Light rays can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed when interacting with different materials.
Light rays always travel in straight lines in a medium with a uniform refractive index. This is known as the principle of rectilinear propagation of light. However, in mediums with varying refractive indices or when interacting with surfaces, light rays can bend, reflect, or refract.
All rays of light are a form of electromagnetic radiation that travel in straight lines at a constant speed in a vacuum, and they can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
Because light rays travel in straight line just like a ruler/scale. We can represent it with anything which is straight like a ruler...
Light travels in straight lines that we call rays.
Light rays travel in straight lines called rays or beams. They propagate by transferring energy and momentum through particles or fields, such as photons in a vacuum or electromagnetic waves in a medium. Light rays can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed when interacting with different materials.
To remember this think of you are looking directly at a building a car crash happens behind this building. You know this from the sound produced that can travel in all directions past the building. You cannot see it because as light dose not bend under normal circumstances and will only travel in straight lines. Even if reflected using a combination of mirrors it still travels in straight lines.
Light rays always travel in straight lines in a medium with a uniform refractive index. This is known as the principle of rectilinear propagation of light. However, in mediums with varying refractive indices or when interacting with surfaces, light rays can bend, reflect, or refract.
All rays of light are a form of electromagnetic radiation that travel in straight lines at a constant speed in a vacuum, and they can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
the travel in straight lines because of the atomsphe
Because light rays travel in straight line just like a ruler/scale. We can represent it with anything which is straight like a ruler...
Light travels in straight lines that we call rays.
Sunlight breaking through the clouds shows how light rays travel in straight lines. When sunlight hits gaps in the clouds, it continues in a straight path towards Earth, creating visible beams of light. This phenomenon is a good example of how light travels in straight lines until it encounters an obstacle or medium that may cause it to bend or scatter.
Light rays travel in a straight line unless they are refracted or reflected by a medium. This straight path is known as rectilinear propagation. Light rays can also be bent when passing through different mediums with varying optical densities.
Light rays are electromagnetic waves that travel in straight lines. In photography, the angle of incoming light rays affects the exposure of the image. Light rays can be reflected, refracted, or absorbed depending on the surface they come into contact with.
Beam of light
Rays of light are produced when electromagnetic radiation, in the form of photons, are emitted or reflected from a light source such as the sun or a lightbulb. These photons travel in straight lines until they encounter a medium or surface that causes them to change direction, creating the perception of light rays.