{"id":230081,"date":"2023-05-16T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T13:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=289504"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:11:50","slug":"international-day-of-light-2023-what-it-consists-and-why-it-is-celebrated-on-may-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/international-day-of-light-2023-what-it-consists-and-why-it-is-celebrated-on-may-16\/","title":{"rendered":"May 16th Marks the International Day of Light 2023: Unveiling the Reasons Behind the Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, May 16th, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/events\/international-day-light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" title=\"International Day of Light\">International Day of Light<\/a><\/strong> is celebrated worldwide, an event that takes place every year and commemorates the first laser light emission by physicist and engineer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theodore_Maiman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Theodore Maiman<\/a><\/strong> on May 16, 1960. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/unesdoc.unesco.org\/ark:\/48223\/pf0000131940_spa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">International Basic Sciences Program<\/a><\/strong> of <strong>UNESCO<\/strong> is responsible for coordinating the celebration of this day on behalf of the <strong>United Nations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Day of Light is an international project that provides <strong>a platform for the constant appreciation of light<\/strong> and its role in science, culture, arts, education, sustainable development, and diverse sectors such as medicine, communications, and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a day that highlights how science, technology, art, and culture can contribute to <strong>UNESCO&#8217;s goals in education, equality, and peace<\/strong>. According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\/days\/light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Audrey Azoulay<\/a><\/strong>, Director-General of UNESCO, &#8220;Without light, our planet would be nothing but a cold and sterile place. Indeed, where there is light, there is often an abundance of life. But light represents even more for humanity. Light goes hand in hand with knowledge; it is a lens through which we can see and understand the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"D\u00eda Internacional de la Luz 16 de mayo Video Oficial\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wQu-db5as-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this special day, celebrated a month after <strong>Earth Day<\/strong>, <strong>various seminars and meetings take place worldwide, organized by individuals from within and outside the scientific community<\/strong>, giving people the opportunity to continue appreciating the crucial role that both science and light-related technology play in the lives of people around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a day that <strong>helps create new connections<\/strong> between scientific fields, education, and the arts, addressing the urgent need for interdisciplinary science and fostering better communication between citizens, scientists, policymakers, business leaders, and non-governmental organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 16 is the International Day of Light, a global event organized by UNESCO that focuses attention on light and its role in our world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":230084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-230081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320288,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230081\/revisions\/320288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230081"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=230081"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=230081"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=230081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}