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    Default [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

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    Exploring the Spectrum, a groundbreaking 1974 documentary by Dr. John Nash Ott.

    A captivating journey into the science of photobiology and the profound impact of light on health.

    A pioneer in time-lapse photography and full-spectrum lighting, Dr. Ott reveals how natural and artificial light influences the growth, behavior, and well-being of plants, animals, and humans.

    Through mesmerizing visuals and innovative experiments, the film challenges conventional wisdom, questioning whether fluorescent lights, UV-blocking glasses, and indoor lifestyles contribute to health issues like cancer, learning disorders, and immune system weaknesses.

    Ott’s work highlights the essential role of natural sunlight and balanced light frequencies in sustaining life, urging us to rethink our relationship with the light that surrounds us.

    This thought-provoking documentary remains a timeless exploration of a vital, yet often overlooked, aspect of our environment.


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    This could equally well have lived in the Health and Wellness section as it is absolutely relevant to that also.

    This revealing and educational documentary is also in our library now.
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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    Tintin, no video seems to load for me. There is just a white box with a grey bar at the bottom. When I press "play" nothing happens. ( just reporting ).

    Is this happening with anyone else?? I often see these white boxes instead of video in our threads.
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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    The film was made about Dr John Nash Ott.

    Apparently Dr Ott passed in 2000. Here is an article about him.

    https://www.makegreatlight.com/about...spectrum-light

    Dr. Ott – Pioneer of Full Spectrum Light
    April 14, 2015

    This past week marked the anniversary of the passing of Dr. John Nash Ott (1901 – 2000). Dr. Ott was a true pioneer in the discovery of how full spectrum light can benefit the health of plants, animals and humans. Let’s reflect on Dr. Ott’s amazing career.

    Time Lapse Photography

    John Ott started his career as a banker in Chicago. In his spare time, he dabbled in time-lapse photography, specifically photographing plants as they germinated from seed to full-growth. He would take photographs of plants opening and fruit ripening. No doubt if you ever taken biology in high school, you would know exactly what I mean. Photobiology was a relatively new field at the time, but Dr. Ott quickly mastered the practice of turning time-lapse photos into film. His early works were published on Chicago television and caught the eye of Walt Disney.

    In the 1950’s, Disney commissioned him to do several documentaries with time-lapse photography. Classic documentaries, such as Secrets of Life (1956), pioneered the use of time-lapse photography in nature films, a practice still in use today.

    Full Spectrum Light and Plants

    Dr. Ott found that by varying the amount of water and the color temperature of the lighting, he could manipulate flowering and fruit bearing. Dr. Ott even found a way to change the gender of plants by manipulating the color spectrum from lighting. His greenhouse experiments on the possible connection between full spectrum light and plant growth patterns were so impressive that Loyola University awarded him with a honorary doctorate in science.

    Eventually, Dr. Ott left the banking industry and founded the Environmental Health and Light Research Institute to continue his studies into the ways in which light can, in the correct spectral balance, enhance the health of plants, animals, and humans. He also found that the absence of properly balanced light could lead to health disorders in people. He discovered that full spectrum light is as essential to people as it is to plants.

    Full Spectrum Light and Health

    Dr. Ott published his studies in the groundbreaking book Health and Light (1973). He introduced us to his theory of “malillumination”, a condition he likens to malnutrition. Malillumination, he theorized, is brought about by our unintentional limiting of our intake of full spectrum daylight by shielding ourselves from natural light with tinted windows, sunglasses, sun block, etc. and spending increased amounts of time in fluorescent lit environments. Fluorescent light does not produce a full spectrum of light.



    Here is a quote from an interview in the 1980’s.

    My studies have indicated that light is a nutrient, similar to all the other nutrients we take in through food, and that we need the full spectrum range of natural daylight. This is a fact long since proven by science. In 1967, a paper presented by three Russian scientists to the International Committee on Illumination said, “If human skin is not exposed to solar radiation (direct or scattered) for long periods of time, disturbances will occur in the physiological equilibrium of the human system. The result will be functional disorders of the nervous system and a vitamin-D deficiency, a weakening of the body’s defenses, and an aggravation of chronic diseases.”

    He went on and founded his own successful lighting company to produce full spectrum light bulbs. His family business is still in operation today. After retiring into the Florida sunshine (which he soaked in for a minimum of one hour per day), Dr. Ott passed away in 2000.

    What is truly impressive to me about Dr. Ott is that he had no formal college education. His banking employer enrolled him in some business courses, but he never studied biology, botany or physics. Yet through his own experimentation and keen scientific intellect he changed the way we look at the relationship between lighting and health.

    Dr. Ott paved the way for companies such as ours. And we salute this great, self-made, self-educated man.

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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    This is a very important part of the study,

    https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1921610448492990660

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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    I never gave it a thought but doing embroidery, I needed a light at night to see the true color of the threads and many embroiderers use the Ott light and recommend buying an Ott light lamp.

    Also now I get confirmation for myself, but daily I put food for the birds outside and sometimes when they scatter off a bird will hit the glass window and gets stunned. So I always pick them up and cup them in my hands and stand in the sun, till they recover and fly off on their own.
    Last edited by Ravenlocke; 13th May 2025 at 18:22.
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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    Thanks for this. I love documentaries and I'm always on the lookout for a new one.

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    Tintin, no video seems to load for me. There is just a white box with a grey bar at the bottom. When I press "play" nothing happens. ( just reporting ).

    Is this happening with anyone else?? I often see these white boxes instead of video in our threads.
    Have you tweaked your browser settings at any point? Certain security measures will block videos. Tintin's post works for me.
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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

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    I never gave it a thought but doing embroidery, I needed a light at night to see the true color of the threads and many embroiderers use the Ott light and recommend buying an Ott light lamp.
    https://ottlite.com/collections/home-and-office

    I have a couple of OttLite lamps, very much like these (but older versions) which I bought 13 years ago and are still as good as new.

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    Tintin, no video seems to load for me. There is just a white box with a grey bar at the bottom. When I press "play" nothing happens. ( just reporting ).

    Is this happening with anyone else?? I often see these white boxes instead of video in our threads.
    It does happen to me too sometimes with Tintin posts and some others, they show as white with a black arrow in the middle.
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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    There are two relevant threads here:
    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...rum#post289555
    and here:
    https://projectavalon.net/forum4/sho...Ott#post701617

    I've been using Full Spectrum light bulbs for years now, as I've been familiar with John Ott's work for a long time.
    I was buying FS bulbs from Dr. Mercola's site for a while, but when he discontinued them, I found a number of other sources online.
    I have a lot of house plants in my home but not enough windows to keep them happy; the Full Spectrum lighting helps a lot.
    For people with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), they are also very helpful.
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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

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    Quote Posted by Casey Claar (here)
    Tintin, no video seems to load for me. There is just a white box with a grey bar at the bottom. When I press "play" nothing happens. ( just reporting ).

    Is this happening with anyone else?? I often see these white boxes instead of video in our threads.
    It does happen to me too sometimes with Tintin posts and some others, they show as white with a black arrow in the middle.
    Hi Casey

    Can you see this one?

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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    Yes I can!, thank you, Ravenlocke.. YouTube videos always load just fine. I wouldn't know what to tweak to get anything other than the white boxes. Can you see where Tintin's original video is routed from? I am just wondering if it is a particular platform. Thank you so much for your help. Strat, you, too, thank you.
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    Quote Posted by Casey Claar (here)
    Yes I can!, thank you, Ravenlocke.. YouTube videos always load just fine. I wouldn't know what to tweak to get anything other than the white boxes. Can you see where Tintin's original video is routed from? I am just wondering if it is a particular platform. Thank you so much for your help. Strat, you, too, thank you.
    From what I gathered,
    I can only tell you that Tintin video came from an X tweet posted by Brian Roemmele, I saw it yesterday while browsing X. But Brian Roemmele did not post the source link in his tweet, as far as I know.
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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    Quote Posted by Casey Claar (here)
    Yes I can!, thank you, Ravenlocke.. YouTube videos always load just fine. I wouldn't know what to tweak to get anything other than the white boxes. Can you see where Tintin's original video is routed from? I am just wondering if it is a particular platform. Thank you so much for your help. Strat, you, too, thank you.
    Casey, if you mean Tintin's video in his post #1, it's hosted on the Avalon server. (i.e. Tintin has downloaded it from somewhere, maybe converted the format to mp4, and then uploaded it again to our server. It's not a direct embed from YouTube, Rumble or Bitchute.)

    I suspect that the problem (when it occurs) lies somewhere in the download and conversion. Sometimes when there's an issue no-one can see the video at all, and at other times its visibility seems to depend on the browser the reader is using.

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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    Thank you, Raven, Bill.. this is very helpful. It is maybe the Safari web browser, then. It is the only browser I use on my Mac devices. There is no other (good) option.
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    Default Re: [Documentary] Exploring The Spectrum | Dr John Nash Ott (1974)

    Thanks - all - for the feed here.

    The video link is via twittervideodownloader.com. I often use this instead of direct library links: that's the platform. Of course one of the slight perils with using that is should the X user account ever get removed then the link might break. Perhaps I may need to rethink that methodology. Direct library links are of course perfectly fine, mainly, but occasionally our host does undertake random 'work' without any forewarning, and I am cautious about overloading (?) the server traffic there.

    It is in the library but the link shared is not the library one.

    This is the actual link: https://video.twimg.com/amplify_vide...eYHj75cPDs.mp4
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