Ice Diffraction in the Atmosphere and in the Lab (IMAGE)
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Left: Ice clouds in the upper atmosphere scatter light, sometimes creating haloes around the sun. To better understand how clouds interact with sunlight and the atmosphere, researchers have created a special form of ice in the laboratory. Right: The newly created ice crystals scatter X-rays into a pattern of concentric circles with a particular frequency and intensity, indicating that water molecules in the crystals have a near-perfect cubic arrangement.
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Photo via Pixabay, X-ray diffraction image courtesy of The Ohio State University.
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