I was drinking a glass of water in the kitchen, and set it down on the counter. Turns out the sun was shining through the window on to the counter, and when I looked down, I was amazed at what I saw. The glass with the water in it was functioning as a lens, and it focused some of the light into a bright little triangle. Meanwhile, other parts of the glass created interesting shadows on the counter. Who knew you could get such interesting things from sunlight and a glass of water!
Very cool. Glad you explained what this was as I am not sure I would have guessed.
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ReplyDeleteNote also on the INSIDE of the glass where the some sunlight reflects off the inner glass surface and also comes to a focus (actually, likely a "caustic"). -Dean
Cool photo because it takes a while to figure out what we're looking at...bsk
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