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    Physics: Prepared by Tristan Alcantara

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    Light characteristics describe the color, frequency, and pattern of lights used to identify navigational aids like lighthouses, light vessels, buoys and sea marks. Different lights use different characteristics to allow mariners to identify which light they are seeing on a chart or in real life. Light travels in a straight line, as demonstrated by placing an opaque object in its path to cast a shadow. The law of reflection states that an incident light ray, the reflected ray, and the normal to the mirror surface all lie in the same plane, and the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence as measured from the normal.

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    Light characteristics describe the color, frequency, and pattern of lights used to identify navigational aids like lighthouses, light vessels, buoys and sea marks. Different lights use different characteristics to allow mariners to identify which light they are seeing on a chart or in real life. Light travels in a straight line, as demonstrated by placing an opaque object in its path to cast a shadow. The law of reflection states that an incident light ray, the reflected ray, and the normal to the mirror surface all lie in the same plane, and the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence as measured from the normal.

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    Light characteristics describe the color, frequency, and pattern of lights used to identify navigational aids like lighthouses, light vessels, buoys and sea marks. Different lights use different characteristics to allow mariners to identify which light they are seeing on a chart or in real life. Light travels in a straight line, as demonstrated by placing an opaque object in its path to cast a shadow. The law of reflection states that an incident light ray, the reflected ray, and the normal to the mirror surface all lie in the same plane, and the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence as measured from the normal.

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    Physics: Prepared by Tristan Alcantara

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    Light characteristics describe the color, frequency, and pattern of lights used to identify navigational aids like lighthouses, light vessels, buoys and sea marks. Different lights use different characteristics to allow mariners to identify which light they are seeing on a chart or in real life. Light travels in a straight line, as demonstrated by placing an opaque object in its path to cast a shadow. The law of reflection states that an incident light ray, the reflected ray, and the normal to the mirror surface all lie in the same plane, and the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence as measured from the normal.

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    Physics

    Prepared by Tristan Alcantara


    Characteristics of Light

    A light characteristic is a graphic and text


    description of a navigational light sequence or color
    displayed on a nautical chart or in a Light List with
    the chart symbol for a Lighthouse, light vessel,
    buoy or sea mark with a light on it. The graphic
    indicates how the real light may be identified when
    looking at its actual light output type or sequence.
    Different lights use different colors, frequencies and
    light patterns, so mariners can identify which light
    they are seeing.
    Nautical chart
    Lighthouse
    Light vessel
    Buoy
    Light travels in straight line
    In a dusty atmosphere it is sometimes possible to see
    light travelling and it does appear to be moving in a
    straight line. The fact that light travels can be
    demonstrated by putting an object in its path. If the
    object is opaque the result is a degree of blackness on
    the other side of it which is due to the absence of the
    light. The dark area is a shadow.
    Law of Reflection

    The law of reflection governs the reflection of light-


    rays off smooth conducting surfaces, such as polished
    metal or metal-coated glass mirrors. Consider a light-
    ray incident on a plane mirror, as shown in Fig. 56. The
    law of reflection states that the incident ray, the
    reflected ray, and the normal to the surface of the
    mirror all lie in the same plane. Furthermore, the angle
    of reflection  is equal to the angle of incidence . Both
    angles are measured with respect to the normal to the
    mirror.

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