Wednesday, February 2, 2011

On the trail of Vikings with polarized skylight

http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1565/772.full

How did Viking explorers navigate through the overcast North Atlantic? The legends spoke of sunstones. One hypothesis stated that polarizing light crystals were used to find the sun. Now, an experiment seems to confirm this.

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