Polarized light can fill clear plastic with rainbows — ChillScroll

Clear plastic utensils glowing with rainbow bands on a black background

Polarized light can fill clear plastic with rainbows

Stretched or molded plastic changes the direction of different colors of polarized light by different amounts. Between two polarizing filters, those hidden differences appear as bright bands of color.

A clear fork can carry a whole stained-glass window.

Source · Exploratorium ↗