By all means, visit the link "Frizion" above. The gallery is great!
Here is the Egg Nebula in polarized light, from the 4-09-03 APOD:
By all means, visit the link "Frizion" above. The gallery is great!
Here is the Egg Nebula in polarized light, from the 4-09-03 APOD:
A sort of understanding. There are formulas based on lab data using instruments containing special crystals that split light into groups depending on polarization, but what is it in light that makes polarization possible? Skylight is polarized, light reflected off windows or water is polarized. But why? Might as well ask why grass is green.