schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoWhat would a rainbow be like on Tatooine?www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up175
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minus-squareredjard@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoSand isn’t round enough, nor are most grains clear. You’d need perfect clear quartz beads. And then the index of refraction would be different, so the rainbow would be all messed up.
Sand isn’t round enough, nor are most grains clear. You’d need perfect clear quartz beads.
And then the index of refraction would be different, so the rainbow would be all messed up.