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Model of scattering in wet things
You know that clothes and some surfaces become darker when wet (covered in an earlier question: why wet is dark?), because of the disordered reflections or of the refractive index of water or ...
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How might one produce a glory -- a circular rainbow -- in crystal?
A glory is the technical name for a full circle rainbow, such as is sometimes (but rarely) seen from below above a waterfall, or below from above a cloud. I am asking this question here. because it ...
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Does the speed of an object underwater change when viewed above?
Let's say a submarine is coming to surface with a velocity $v$ normal to the surface of water and let's say you are the admiral of the navy viewing the submarine from the top. The submarine is exactly ...
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Is there a liquid for which the primary and secondary rainbows overlap for visible wavelengths?
This answer to the question Is there a zone where 'colour' overlaps between double rainbows? raises the possibility that, at suitable wavelengths, the primary and secondary rainbows can overlap, if ...
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