Scientific images of cosmic dustclouds or even frozen water can be esthetic too.In fact, this picture of thin layers of formin ice crystalsuses a scientific understanding o light's wave propertiessolely for artistic purposes.Titled "Illume" thepicture was created by astrophysicist Peter Wasilewski.To make the picture, the crystals were illuminated by lightshining through a polarizing filter -- a filter thatrestricts the otherwise randomly oriented light wavesto vibrate in only one direction.Whil passing through the ice, different colors o thepolarized light are then refracted andreflected along slightly different paths by the delicatecrystalline layers Viewing the scenewith a second polarizing filter bringsout the wondrous display of structure and color.Painting with "light, th laws of physics,and an attitude" Wasilewsk hascreated a series of these evocative ice images thathe refers to as Frozen Vision o Frizion.
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