Light and Color in Nature
Dates: | October 5, 2020 |
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Meets: | Mon. from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM |
Location: | Online Presentation |
Cost: | $0.00 |
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The world is full of beautiful and sometimes mysterious optical phenomena. We have all seen a rainbow, but what about a corona, a glory or the Aurora Borealis? In this talk, Joseph Shaw, professor of electrical engineering at Montana State University, will provide a photo-rich introduction to the concepts of light and color in nature, from optical scattering effects that give us red sunsets and multi-colored rainbowsand coronas to the halos that arise when light interacts with ice crystals in the air. The talk will also feature a discussion of the Aurora Borealis (“Northern Lights”) with tips about how to see them without leaving Montana.
Fee: | $0.00 |
Online Presentation
This is a real-time (live) online class that meets at the specified day(s)/time(s) listed.We will send you a reminder email with login instructions one business day before the program start date. If there are additional sessions, we will send reminders the morning of those sessions.
Joseph Shaw
Joseph Shawis a professor of electrical engineering and director of the Optical Technology Center in the Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering at Montana State University. He grew up and attended college in Fairbanks, Alaska, and earned a Ph.D. in optical sciences at the University of Arizona. He has been developing optical instruments to study nature for 31 years and is the author of the book “Optics in the Air: Observing Optical Phenomena through Airplane Windows.”