Mirjam Sophia Glessmer

The broken spoon

Refraction of light in water.

I just happened to notice this the other day, so I thought I’d take a picture and share it with you.

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“broken spoon”

It is amazing how much more aware of everyday things that can be used to illustrate concepts related to oceanography I have become since starting this blog! This is so much fun! :-)

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