20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Bolt from the Blue
This is a photograph of the iridescence on the surface of a soap film. The scientific process that breaks light up into these colors is called "thin film interference". All we see here is light and the colors are completely natural. The area photographed is of the order of milliliters.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 12.2019 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2022 |
| Photo Location: | Vancouver, Washington, United States of America |
| Copyright: | © Abhisar Gupta |