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Explain why the reflection of light off ground glass changes from diffuse to specular if you spill water on it
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Explain why the reflection of light off ground glass changes from diffuse to specular if you spill water on it

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The reason why this occurs is because water, when spilled on a surface, "beads" in the sense that it is round. This curvature distorts the light in a different way.
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