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Polarization: Light Waves, Rainbows, and Cheap Sunglasses
Video Run Time: 01:28:27

Technical Notes on Video:

Demonstrations:

Polarization: 35:20

Rainbows: 59:38

Blue Smoke: 1:09:30

Red Sunset: 1:22:13

During the live lecture, many of the colors discussed were visible as described. However since this lecture was video taped and then compressed in order to create video streams, some of the rainbow colors may not have survived the compression process.

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