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ThomOnTheBus
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Hello Physics People,
i was on bus 59 lately and i noticed a typical optical effect. There is a monitor/screen in the front of the bus that lists the current and coming stops and updates when you pass one. Its colour scheme is was blue/lightblue/white (see first picture). But when i looked at the screen via the window (so i saw its mirror image), its colour scheme was a nice rainbowy pastel scheme (see second picture). I believe it was raining outside, or wet, and the windows could have been wet outside. Maybe there was condens on the inside of the windows. My question: what's going on here? How does this happen? Does this effect have a name? I have no background in physics, only high school level.
Cheers, Thom
pictures: (sorry for the blurriness, the right was bumpy and my phone is not exactly the Hubble space telescope, but only the colours are relevant anyway)
Screen in bus:
mirror image of said screen in side window:
i was on bus 59 lately and i noticed a typical optical effect. There is a monitor/screen in the front of the bus that lists the current and coming stops and updates when you pass one. Its colour scheme is was blue/lightblue/white (see first picture). But when i looked at the screen via the window (so i saw its mirror image), its colour scheme was a nice rainbowy pastel scheme (see second picture). I believe it was raining outside, or wet, and the windows could have been wet outside. Maybe there was condens on the inside of the windows. My question: what's going on here? How does this happen? Does this effect have a name? I have no background in physics, only high school level.
Cheers, Thom
pictures: (sorry for the blurriness, the right was bumpy and my phone is not exactly the Hubble space telescope, but only the colours are relevant anyway)
Screen in bus:
mirror image of said screen in side window: