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…
Tag: total reflection
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…
Fascinating how the same body of water can show up in so many different colors at once!
Stupid as it sounds, one of my favourite wave watching spots in Bergen is a busy bridge with a view onto another busy bridge. But the bridge goes across a…