Concept
Version 5
Created by Boundless
Newton's Rings
Newton's Rings in a drop of water
Newton's rings seen in two plano-convex lenses with their flat surfaces in contact. One surface is slightly convex, creating the rings. In white light, the rings are rainbow-colored, because the different wavelengths of each color interfere at different locations.
Source
Boundless vets and curates high-quality, openly licensed content from around the Internet. This particular resource used the following sources: