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You are under water in a pond and look up at the smooth surface of the water, noticing the sun in the sky. Is the sun in fact higher in the sky than it appears to you while under water, or is it lower?
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Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another. In this case, the light from the sun is passing from air (a less dense medium) to water (a more dense medium). Show more…
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