Nuclear Reactor starting up. The blue color is created by 'Cherenkov radiation', which is the emission of electromagnetic waves when a small charged particle (such as an electron) travels faster than the speed of light in a medium (such as water). [0:18]

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faster than the speed of light in a medium != faster than the speed of light in a vacuum.