Wavefront Optics
When uniform waves of starlight reach Earth's atmosphere, pockets of hot and cold air that produce turbulence, cause the wavefronts of starlight to bend due to the fact that light travels slightly faster in less dense warmer air.
Credit:NOIRLab
About the Image
| Id: | gemini0301e |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | June 2, 2003, 8 p.m. |
| Related releases: | gemini0301 |
| Size: | 1230 x 886 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Illustrations |
