Sorry for my stupidity (as I'm in my young days of learning) but is was wondering about what happens to photons when you turn off a light since photons is light.

Edited November 8, 201213 yr by Mebzy

They don't exist, as photons are light (at least in some sense). To pick out what probably is your conceptual problem: Unlike what you expect from a particle like a rubber ball, photons can be created and un-created in physical processes.

Any photons you've already created continue on their merry way, since they are quite independent of the source once they exist.

... guess interpreting "when you switch off the light" as "there is no light" was too much common sense and not pedantic enough.

... guess interpreting "when you switch off the light" as "there is no light" was too much common sense and not pedantic enough.

I just wanted to cover the other possibility. One never knows the model any single person has in their head about how nature works. With such a basic question I don't want to assume everyone knows that light doesn't have to continually be pushed by the light behind it. You never know. They might think it's like water in a pipe; you close a valve and the flow stops.

This is just the visible spectrum that our eyes can see.