This demo surprised me (a lot) | Barber pole, part 1

Shining polarized light into sugar water reveals diagonal stripes of color. Why? Next video: Steve Mould’s video on the topic: Help fund future projects: An equally valuable form of support is to simply share the videos. Thanks to Quinn Brodsky for setting up the demo and to the MIT Physics Instructional Resources Lab for their help and materials, especially Josh Wolfe and Caleb Bonyun. ------------------ These animations are largely made using a custom Python library, manim. See the FAQ comments here: #manim All code for specific videos is visible here: The music is by Vincent Rubinetti.