Watch How Light Bends: Refraction Explained

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Start date Feb 24, 2011
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Feb 24, 2011

cary5

what causes the light to bend in the following vidio?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBQ8fh_Fp04&playnext=1&list=PL993D6B3429F14C8A

i think its refraction.

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Feb 24, 2011

JaredJames

It's total internal reflection - the same method employed by fibre optics.

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