Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Light on the Face of the Water

water(It’s New York Harbor, between the piers on the Brooklyn side, so there maybe some other things on the surface as well.)

mthew

2 responses to “Light on the Face of the Water”

  1. Paul

    I think those are called optical caustics.

    check our here:

    http://newdharmabums.blogspot.com/2013/08/caustic-observations.html

    and here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caustic_(optics)

    (sorry, I don’t remember the html to make those actual links)

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    1. mthew

      Thanks for these, Paul!

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