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Scattered Light in the Atmosphere Is Often Partially Polarized

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Scattered light in the atmosphere is often partially polarized. The best way to determine whether or not light from a particular direction in the sky shows polarization is to


A) diffract the light through a single slit.
B) squint while looking in that direction.
C) rotate a piece of polaroid film about an axis parallel to the ray while looking through it in that sky direction.
D) rotate a piece of polaroid film about an axis perpendicular to the ray while looking through it in that sky direction.
E) reflect the rays from that direction on a shiny metal surface.

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