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How much energy could a photon store?

I just realised I'm not entirely sure what stores/transmits energy in photos. Obviously the frequency of the photon is important, higher frequency is higher energy. But does light have amplitude?

What would amplitude even mean for a photon? In water it'd be the height that the wave reaches

Is there a limit to the amount of energy that could be contained/transmitted by a photon?

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