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Spectra 
  
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See this site, from the University of Illinois, for a broad overview of the spectra of stars and other astronomical objects. You can find out about many related subjects, including…
http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/spectra.html
NTNU Java: Physics of Rainbow 
  
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Try this Java simulation of the physics behind rainbows. You can investigate the reflection and refraction effects of light inside a water droplet and also find out how light from…
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=44.0
Exploratorium: Optical Illusions 
  
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This site contains a set of optical illusions designed to show the biases and perception tricks users' minds play on them while looking at different pictures.
https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/optical-illusions
Bird in the Cage 
  
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This Exploratorium site contains an activity about afterimages. You'll stare at a shape on the screen for a while and then when you look away, you'll see the same shape in a…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bird-in-cage
Bubble Tray 
  
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Bubble Tray from the Exploratorium shows you how to make large soap bubbles. It describes the materials needed--they're easy to find--and gives a recipe for the soap solution. You'll…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bubble-tray
Colored Shadows 
  
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This Exploratorium activity shows color addition. Different-colored lights are trained on the same spot on a screen so that the reflected light is white. Colored shadows can be made…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/colored-shadows
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...
Color Perception 
  
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This website contains interesting optical illusions offering proof that our color perception is strongly influenced by surrounding colors.
https://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/OpticalIllusions/colourPerception/co...
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
Tuning the Sun's Rays 
  
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This site, from Physical Review Focus, provides a summary of research being conducted to increase the frequency of sunlight. The article contains an explanation of how a focused beam…
https://physics.aps.org/story/v18/st11
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