The October 14th Annular Solar Eclipse @thorlabs

Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 40 minutes ago

Watch our timelapse of the October 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse as well as our tracking solar telescope from our Thorlabs office in Lafayette, Colorado! The partial eclipse began at 9:13 AM MDT, peaked at 10:35 AM MDT, and ended at 12:05 PM MDT. From this vantage point, the annular eclipse peaked with ~78% coverage of the sun.

$What Is Snells Law? | Optics Explained When a ray of light is incident at a boundary, the light ray bends, or refracts to a specific angle. This interaction is the basis of Snells Law and forms the foundation of controlling light with transmissive optics. The angle a ray of light refracts is not only dependent on its angle of incidence with respect to the normal of the boundarys surface, but also based on the index of refraction of each material at the boundary. The sample principle applies to any plane in space, where two materials of the same refractive index result in the ray continuing in the same direction as its existing path. By combining multiple surfaces and boundaries, Snells Law is calculated at each surface and allows manipulating the path of light. Two parallel surfaces, like a window, result in a beam displacement when at non-zero angles of incidence. Two non-parallel surfaces form a wedged prism, which steer light rays to new angles. The introduction of a curved face creates a lens and focuses or diverges parallel rays of light. #science #SnellsLaw #refraction #lawofrefraction #physics #photonics #optics$

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