Explain why on a hot day, a dry road may seem to have pools of water when observed from a distance.

      

Explain why on a hot day, a dry road may seem to have pools of water when observed from a distance.

  

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Chrispoh
Light from the sky is gradually rafracted away from the normal as it passes through the layer of warm but less dense air near the hot road. Warm air has small refractive index than cool air and when light meets layer at critical angle, total internal reflection occurs. To an observer, the reflection of the sky appears on the road as water.
chrispohmomanyi answered the question on September 27, 2017 at 09:32


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