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Lasers shining through tonic water

Violet and green lasers shining through bottles of tonic water.

Violet and green lasers shining through a bottle of tonic water illustrating the fluorescence of quinine. The green laser does not have enough energy to cause fluorescence in the quinine but the violet laser does.

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