how many times could a photon break becasue a photon needs to explode for us to see it

Question: how many times could a photon break becasue a photon needs to explode for us to see it
- Keywords:
  explode,
  particle physics,
  photon
Asked by scienzerking4life to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 19 Mar 2013.
- Sophie Holles answered on 19 Mar 2013:
  
  I think once its ‘broken’ its used its energy and turned into something else.. so only once.

Question: how many times could a photon break becasue a photon needs to explode for us to see it