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Exhibits

At Light Island, play with transmitted and reflected light.

Light Island

Light Island

Play with beams of light.

Where: Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening

Exhibit Developers: Sally Duensing and Lynn Rankin, 1980

Subjects:

Physics
- Light

Phenomena: Color, Color Mixing, Color Separation, Image Formation, Reflection, Refraction

Keywords: lenses, mirrors, prisms

Collections: Active Prolonged Engagement, Seeing, Seeing the Light

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