What causes people to see above the water level inside a submarine? Is it scattered light, bent light or both?
2007-01-29 02:45:15 · 3 answers · asked by bjb 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Both--light will be bent by refraction at the air/water boundary (and very slightly by temperature gradients in the water). Light will be scattered slightly by particles in the water and by the water itself.
2007-01-29 03:28:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scattered light: POW, photons/waves going in all directions. Like an accident on a freeway, all four tires of the car going in different directions.
Bent light: yoink, photons and light go around a corner like a car on a freeway, all the tires end up going in the same (new) direction.
2007-01-29 05:50:02 · answer #2 · answered by promethius9594 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dispersion is the phenomenon wherein the area velocity of a wave relies upon on its frequency Scattering is a ordinary actual technique wherein some forms of radiation, which contain gentle, sound or moving debris, as an occasion, are compelled to deviate from a straight away trajectory by way of various of localized non-uniformities interior the medium by which they bypass
2016-12-13 03:34:12 · answer #3 · answered by declue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋