atmospheric optics?

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What are some atmospheric phenomena that can be related to optical principles in physics?

I've done
refraction
rainbows
mirages
scattering

anything else?

2007-03-19 00:05:05 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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Here are two more examples:

Twinkling of stars.
The reddish-orange color of the sun or moon, when they are near the horizon.

2007-03-19 04:07:41 · answer #1 · answered by genericman1998 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

1) total internal reflection
2) two-wave and four-wave mixing

2007-03-19 07:12:20 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋