How does a photon travel through an electron cloud?
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These shells are actually different energy levels and within the energy levels, theelectrons orbit the nucleus of the atom. ... An electron can become excited if it is given extra energy, such as if it absorbs aphoton, or packet of light, or collides with a nearby atom or particle.
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The photon is delocalised and doesn't have an exact position either. Your image of a photon having to barge its way past the outer electrons to get to inner ones is misleading. A photon will typically be delocalised over distances much, much larger the size of the atom, so the probability distribution of the photon within the atom is roughly constant.
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