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Exploratorium: Snacks About Light
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This web page contains a set of more than 40 simple experiments, or "snacks", on the topic of light. Exploratorium Science Snacks are miniature versions of popular exhibits at the…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/subject/light
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Zodiacal Light and the Gegenschein
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This website provides information about two phenomena resulting from sunlight scattered by dust in the solar system. Descriptions of zodiacal light and the gegenschein, or…
http://www.as.wvu.edu/~jel/skywatch/skw9810h.html
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The Science of Light: Stellar Spectra
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Visit this Annenberg Media website find out how to analyze the spectrum of a star and determine its composition. The site displays spectra of various elements and then shows a…
http://web.archive.org/web/20180221032229/http://www.learner.org/teacher...
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Optics: Laser and Diffraction
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This site, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, provides a demonstration of laser light diffraction around a pinhead. Photos illustrate the demo set-up. A photo of the…
http://courses.umass.edu/plecprep/optics/6c2010.html
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C. C. Jones: Scientific Photographs
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See this image gallery, by C. C. Jones of Union College, for examples of physical optics and also x-ray diffraction. Several images of diffraction show how the pattern changes when…
http://minerva.union.edu/jonesc/Photos%20Scientific.html
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Atmospheric Optics: Rays and Shadows
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Visit the Atmospheric Optics site, by Les Cowley, for striking photographs of the natural rays and shadows that occur as small particles scatter light in the atmosphere. A variety of…
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/rayshad.htm
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Building a Spectroscope
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This site provides instructions to make a spectroscope from construction paper, a CD, and tape. Such a spectroscope is used to show that a white light is really made up of the…
https://www.amnh.org/content/download/45894/703630/file/du_u03_spectrosc...
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Diffraction
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This activity from the Exploratorium provides an introduction to the diffraction of light and clearly demonstrates light's wavelike properties. The materials are two pencils and a…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/diffraction/
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Atmospheric Optics
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L. Cowley; Publisher: L. Cowley
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This website contains pictures and explanations of many atmospheric optical phenomena. Topics include rainbows, ice halos, crepuscular rays, and more. Each topic includes pictures,…
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/
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Physlet Physics - Optics
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The Physlet Physics Section 7: Optics provides a technology-enhanced introduction to topics in optics from an introductory physics course. Interactive javascript simulations are used…
https://www.compadre.org/Physlets/optics/
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