Congratulations to Isabelle who won the Highly Commended Award for the Aged 16 category.
Sunsets are the epitome of universal beauty. Everyone stops to admire the kaleidoscope of colours in the sky when the sun sets. I have always done this especially on holidays, my sister and I would go to the beach in the evening and wait until the sun sets, regardless of how long it took!
Under the surface of this beauty lies various physical phenomena which I talk about in my video – scattering. In physics, understanding the basics is fundamental; it is the building on from these basic principles that allow us to explore more in-depth concepts. By understanding wavelength and scattering, we can explain and understand the physics behind why our sky varies in colour depending on whether it is day or night.
When people have knowledge of rationale behind certain phenomena, they develop a deeper appreciation for it – the appreciation of it at its surface, and the science behind it. Delving further into wavelength, the reason you can read this is due to pixels on a screen emitting specific colours (wavelengths) when there power is supplied.
Physics is the discipline that explores the what, why, and how; this is how physics makes me see the world differently.