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Celestial polarization patterns sufficient for Viking navigation with the naked eye: detectability of Haidinger's brushes on the sky versus meteorological conditions

If a human looks at the clear blue sky from which light with high enough degree of polarization d originates, an 8-shaped bowtie-like figure, the yellow Haidinger's brush can be perceived, the long axis of which points towards the sun. A band of high d arcs across the sky at 90° from the sun. A...

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Autores principales: Horváth, Gábor, Takács, Péter, Kretzer, Balázs, Szilasi, Szilvia, Száz, Dénes, Farkas, Alexandra, Barta, András
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28386426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160688