This image may not be used in educational posters Straight wave reflection. Artwork showing straight waves hitting a flat surface at a 45 degree angle

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This image may not be used in educational posters Straight wave reflection. Artwork showing straight waves hitting a flat surface at a 45 degree angle. The reflected waves travel at the same angle, but in the opposite direction, to the incident waves. Where waves overlap, interference occurs. Interfering waves may either cancel each other out, or create an amplified wave.

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Size: 4196px × 4196px
Photo credit: © RUSSELL KIGHTLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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