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197: 46:. This effect sometimes makes trees appear snow-covered at night during the summer. The phenomenon was named and explained in 1994 by Alistair Fraser of 257: 238: 47: 231: 262: 224: 163: 130: 89: 51: 23: 179: 105: 208: 171: 138: 97: 67: 55: 167: 134: 93: 39: 251: 80:
Fraser, Alistair B. (1994), "The Sylvanshine: retroreflection in dew-covered trees",
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on the leaves causes water to form beads, which in effect, become
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Lenke, Ralf; Mack, Ulrich & Maret, Georg (2002),
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optical phenomenon
dew
foliage
wax
retroreflect
headlights
Pennsylvania State University
meteorological optics
epicuticular wax
lenses
leaf surface
opposite direction
Bibcode
1994ApOpt..33.4539F
doi
10.1364/AO.33.004539
PMID
20935821
"Comparison of the 'glory' with coherent backscattering of light in turbid media"
Bibcode
2002JOptA...4..309L
doi
10.1088/1464-4258/4/3/316
Bibcode
2001ApOpt..40.4799M
doi
10.1364/AO.40.004799
PMID
18360520
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