Typical examples are poking a hole in the snow and looking down into the hole to see blue light or the blue color associated with the depths of crevasses in glaciers. In each case the blue light is the product of a relatively long travel path through the snow or ice. So the spectral selection is related to absorption, and not reflection as is sometimes thought. In simplest of terms, think of the ice or snow layer as a filter. If it is only a centimeter thick, all the light makes it through, but if it is a meter thick, mostly blue light makes it through. 395 Fact Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center NSIDC The National Snow and Ice Data Center
Drinking unsweetened iced tea may be good for your heart. The Linus Pauling Institute reports that epidemiological evidence indicates that consuming 24 ounces of black tea a day may decrease your risk of having a heart attack by 11 percent.
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