Physics Principles and Problems 2009

Chapter 16: Fundamentals of Light

Web Links


Visible and Infrared Imagery
This site explains how to interpret infrared images. Use some of the links to similar images.
( http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/sensing/imagery.html )
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
This is the home page of IPAC at CalTech. Visit the image gallery of infrared snapshots of space and compare them to pictures taken with visible light.
( http://www.ipac.caltech.edu )
Light
Here is an extensive list of labs that deal with light and optics. Perform some of these labs with your teacher's supervision. Describe how a laser and a Bunsen burner can illustrate why a star twinkles.
( http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/CHAPTER6.HTM )
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