Thursday, September 27, 2007

Jounal Entry 9/28

the first photo shows how the reflection of the landscape on the water. This is explained because the light ray goes from the sun, to the mountain and reflects back to our eyes. When the water is disturbed we cannot see the reflection because all the refracted rays get scattered.

The picture of the whale is explained because all of the rays are bent when they hit the water because light moves slower in water than air. The light and dark spots are caused by the ripples on the surface that send the rays to certain spot and not to other certain spots. The whale has many dark and light spots as a result.

1 comment:

Chris said...

#1 Reflection still occurs when the surface is disturbed, why no image?

#2 is OK.

Please make a NEW POST titled "Journal entry 9/28 continued" and complete the assignment.