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Bar Code Scanning
Binoculars
Bioluminescence
Birefringence
Butterfly Wings
Camera (conventional)
Camera (digital)
CCD Detectors
Colors
Compact Disc Player
Coronas
Curved Mirrors
Doppler Shift
Fluorescent Animals
Fluorescent Plants
Gas Lasers
Glories
Gradient Index (GRIN) Rods
Green and Blue Sun
Green Flash
Haidinger’s Brush
Halos
Human Vision
Insect Vision
Interferometers (Uses)
IR Cameras
Laser Diodes
Laser Discs (Movies)
Laser Light Shows
Laser Machining (Cutting)
Laser Radar for Speeding
Laser Satellite Communication
Laser Satellite Defense (“Star Wars”)
Laser Sights for Rifles
Laser Surgery (several applications)
Laser Trapping of Atoms
Light Emitting Diode (LED)
Light Pillars
Mirages
Moonbows
Newton, Isaac
Northern/Southern Lights (Auroras)
Nuclear Fusion with Lasers
Optical Effects in Clouds
Optical Illusions
Optical Spectrometry
Parhelia (mock sun, sun dogs)
Photodiode Detectors
Photography
Photomultiplier Tube (PMT)
Polaroid Sunglasses
Rainbows
Reflecting Telescope
Reflection Holograms
Refracting Telescope
Scattering of Light
Searchlights / Lighthouses
Shadows
Solar Wind
Star Light
Sunspots
Transmission Holograms
UV Damage of Skin