Why Are Some Things Transparent?

It's kinda weird that glass is transparent for ALL visible wavelengths of light. This video explains how that's possible without being inconsistent with other concepts. There is a lot of B.S. about this out there on the internet, so beware!
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COOL LINKS & SOURCES

Sixty Symbols video about glass:
   • Why is glass transparent?  

TED-Ed video about glass:
   • Why is glass transparent? - Mark Miod...  

Published scientific paper about glass:
http://engineering.case.edu/centers/s...

How Stuff Works article about glass:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/ques...

Forum conversations about glass:
http://physics.stackexchange.com/ques...
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads...
http://www.quora.com/Why-is-glass-tra...

Hyperphysics:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_gap
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorpt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opacity...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens...
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