Light Refraction Experiment

(Science)

The idea came from the amazingly brilliant Instagram account of @resolvetoplay ‘s experiment a few weeks ago. It was mindblowing and I knew I had to show it to my daughter.

The arrows before the drawn image was moved to a certain position behind the bottle.

The arrows before the drawn image was moved to a certain position behind the bottle. Could you see how it looks like it reversed now?

I thought the arrow would be more interesting for her.

She was more into the cartoon people I drew instead though.

No more as science as it supposed to be but as animated little people dancing with pompoms in hands. She was puzzled only a tad bit on how the girl who was coming in from the right suddenly popped from the left side. She was playing with the dancing girl so long before the bottle tipped over with all water it contained from her excitement as a puppet master.

Quick science behind it:

When the arrow or any image is moved to a particular distance behind the bottle, it looks like it reversed. When light passes

from one material to another, it can bend or refracts. Light passes from the air, through the glass, through the water, through the back of the glass, and then again through the air, and finally to the image.

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