Shedding new light on oil slick rainbows and other thin film physics
This microscope image shows rainbow colors in a flat sheet of layered liquids. Credit: David Hoffman/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory When sunlight reflects off an oily puddle in a parking lot, it creates a swirling rainbow of colors. This is because of the thin film interference principle, which explains how light reflects off different layers, or …
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