This image may not be used in educational posters Doppler effect. Computer artwork showing the bunching up of waves in front of a moving source. The s

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This image may not be used in educational posters Doppler effect. Computer artwork showing the bunching up of waves in front of a moving source. The source is moving from left to right. The waves behind the source are more spread out. In light sources this change in wavelength creates a blueshift for an approaching source and a redshift for a receding source. With sound sources it creates the change in pitch as the source moves past the observer.

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Size: 4180px × 4180px
Photo credit: © RUSSELL KIGHTLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: artwork, background, black, blue, blueshift, doppler, effect, frequency, illustration, light, moving, physical, physics, pitch, red, redshift, shift, sound, source, wave, wave-front, wavefront, wavelength, waves