Wavefront Optics
This image depicts perfectly even and smooth waves, as they would form if someone tossed a stone into a serenely still pond on a calm day. Light, like water, travels in waves, and starlight traveling undisturbed through the universe resembles the perfectly smooth and even waves shown above.
Credit:NOIRLab
About the Image
Id: | gemini0301c |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | June 2, 2003, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini0301 |
Size: | 1259 x 945 px |
About the Object
Category: | Illustrations |