Looking to the blue sky with colored patterns
Abstract This work presents a simple alternative technique to observe the polarization of the skylight on Earth. Using a birefringent material and a polarizer to look at the polarized light from the blue sky, it is possible to see a colored pattern that is associated to the birefringence of the mate...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172019000100605 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Oai: | oai:scielo:S1806-11172019000100605 |