Uuglypher wrote:
I remember, at the age of five or six, my dad trying to explain to me that such an oil slick contained nothing that was actually blue, green, yellow, or red! It was years later that the concept of refractive reflectivity with phase reinforcement and interference of different wave lengths began to make sense. And how some of those same effect were responsible for other manifestations of iridescent colors (some bird feathers and “long-play records”).
Thanks,Fstop, for posting! Brought forth some good memories!
Dave
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