Water droplet on polished paint surface. Macrophotograph of a water droplet forming a high critical-angle hemisphere on a surface of polished car pain

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Water droplet on polished paint surface. Macrophotograph of a water droplet forming a high critical-angle hemisphere on a surface of polished car paint. The waxy polish of the car paint repels the water strongly from the surface, leading to the high critical angle seen here, and a shape approaching that of a hemisphere. Magnification: x5 when printed at 10 centimetres across.

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Size: 6400px × 5121px
Photo credit: © EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, angle, background, black, critical, droplet, glint, glinting, glints, hemisphere, hemispherical, high, macrophotograph, macrophotography, optics, paint, painted, physical, physics, reflected, reflection, reflective, sparkle, sparkles, sparkling, surface, water, waxy