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Light pollution - does anyone care?
The Science of His Dark Materials
Why is the sky blue?
Science Places
Time Twins
How do 3D films work?
Aunt Sally's video
Where is that draught coming from?
How do 'invisibility cloaks' work?
What is the Higgs Boson?
Are lightsabers possible?
What is a mirage?
A beginners' guide to exoplanets
How do brewers control the colour and taste of their beer?
The Physics of Light and Color
An in depth guide to light, optics and colour, covering wave particle duality, reflection, refraction, waves, diffraction, polarisation, birefringence, colour temperature, human perception and more.
Northern Lights photos
Presentation of pictures, photographs, articles and links related to the Aurora Borealis, or northern lights.
The Color of Light
What happens when coloured lights are added. An experiment shows the effects of adding red, green and blue. Main site has hundreds of similar useful links with a good search facility.
The World of Colour
This site contains a number of shockwave animations showing that you can make pictures using coloured lights and filters.
The CSE Light Tour
The light tour will let you discover information about light in the universe and how astronomers make use of light wavelengths.
Visible Earth
A catalogue of satellite images of our home planet detailing everything from atmospheric data to city lights or natural disasters.
How Light Works
A simple introduction to what light is, touching on particle wave duality and other aspects of light. From HowStuffWorks.com.
Messing about with Dr Light
Optics experiments with Infra-Red light, light bulbs and liquid crystal post cards.