This phenomenon results from atmospheric refraction ... or even floating. This optical illusion occurs when layers of air at ...

UTO, Kumamoto Prefecture--A high school science club here enlisted the help of local fishermen to reproduce a rare type of atmospheric optical phenomenon that can be glimpsed in the Yatsushiro Sea ...

Some optical phenomena depend on the quantum nature of light and the interaction of light with matter. Geometric optics and physical optics are models that describe phenomena while ignoring properties ...

While nano-optics emphasizes the manipulation of light at the nanometer scale, nanophotonics extends this concept to include the study of optical devices that utilize nanoscale materials and phenomena ...