Total internal reflection
In the “static apnea” discipline in freediving, many cool pictures of athletes are taken underwater in a way that plays with the reflection of the athlete in the still water…
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Wave watching by proxy — looking at how waves focus light on the sea floor
What is it that we actually look at when we go wave watching? Water is pretty much clear (or at least it is in the spots where I like to…
Reflecting waves, reflected and refracted light, and a Fata Morgana
How much physics can you spot in a single picture? What I see here: Waves and their reflection on the sea wall (Do you see the two main fields? One…
Total reflection and fishies
Do you know the phenomenon that once you start noticing something, you see it everywhere? That’s been the case with me and total internal reflection. Not quite as impressive as…
Total internal reflection
Have you ever wondered why at some angles the sea looks blue (or whatever the color of the sky that day) and at others you can actually look into the water?…