There is so much more information available in the electromagnetic spectrum than just the narrow range a human eye can see
measuring pressure with line broadening!?!
Salts without sodium give other colors. IIRC cooper gives a green color. This is used by firecrackers makers to get nice colors, and also in the chemistry lab to detect the composition of some salts.
After studding this king of stuff for a few centuries, we have a very good idea of how each element changes the color of the flame, or absorbs some colors of the light that pass trough the mist.
astronomy technology has been improving rapidly and the VLT is one of the best implementations for this kind of problem right now.
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I feel like it's more of a meme than a serious thing for most people.
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