From 7f33711c7ffefc0eafbd29b37a8e4baa1ae9ea9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flancian <0@flancia.org> Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 00:25:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] autopushed --- 2025-05-20.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/2025-05-20.md b/2025-05-20.md index 4e86f059e..087ee2ef1 100644 --- a/2025-05-20.md +++ b/2025-05-20.md @@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ - The fact that angular momentum is quantized... wow. Also it introduced me to [[diffraction gratings]], which I had heard of only in passing. - This all made me think also of... - Could you use diffraction gratings at astronomic scales to see into the past? E.g. by making visible light from a star that has taken a longer (slower) path to get to us. - - The effect that makes lights 'stretch out' in one direction in some mediums, like water (think of night lights reflected on a lake) or... the effect that is apparent in my chrome kitchen countertop that is quite something and I sometimes call the [[rainbow folding]] as per Heinali's great track :) - - All in all I really enjoy thinking about [[physics]] as of late. + - The effect that makes lights 'stretch out' in one direction in some mediums, like water (think of night lights reflected on a lake) or... the effect that is apparent in my chrome kitchen countertop that is quite something and I sometimes call the [[rainbow folding]]). I'm unsure if these are really related but something about the discussion about the paths that light can take made me think of it. + - All in all I really enjoy thinking about [[physics]] as of late.