The Physics of Natural Visual Phenomenons
Mirages
Aurora
What are They?
- Light rays are bent
- Produce displaced image
- Bright light typically green, red, and blue
- Collisions between charged particles
- Seen above the magnetic poles
- Aurora borealis' in the north
- Aurora australis' in the south
An event that results from the interaction of light and matter.
Cause of Aurora's
Types
What Causes a Mirage?
- Gas particles in earths atmosphere
- Charged particles released from earth atmosphere
- Color depends on the type of gas particles colliding
- Light passing from cold air into significantly warmer air.
- Light rays bend away from temp gradient
- Visual cortex traces the light along a straight line.
- Mirages
- Rainbows
- Light Pillars
- Auroras
- And many more
By Bonie Lodua