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Optics & Photonics Focus
Volume 19 Story 2 - 23/1/2013

Example of a diffraction pattern

A view from space of the Sandwich Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. One can clearly see the diffraction pattern formed by the waves after these meet the emerging islands. Picture Credits: Nasa, Earth Observatory.
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Example of a diffraction pattern. A view from space of the Sandwich Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. One can clearly see the diffraction pattern formed by the waves after these meet the emerging islands.