I think people think that light goes through glass like a laser beam nothing in its way. Just flying right through. But it's actually like a pool ball hitting another pool ago and so on. The original photon of light is not what you see on the other side of the glass.
> The original photon of light is not what you see on the other side of the glass.
Oh no! How do I check if I'm getting counterfeit sunlight?
I did mostly think that. So what's the thing in the glass that gets hit like the "another pool ball"?
The oscillations of charge in the glass.
I found this 3blue1brown video to be a fascinating explaination on how light gets transmitted by transparent material: