Polarization transition between sunlit and moonlit skies with possible implications for animal orientation and Viking navigation: anomalous celestial twilight polarization at partial moon

• Published in: Applied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 53; no. 23; p. 5193
• Main Authors: Barta, András, Farkas, Alexandra, Száz, Dénes, Egri, Ádám, Barta, Pál, Kovács, József, Csák, Balázs, Jankovics, István, Szabó, Gyula, Horváth, Gábor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 10.08.2014

Using full-sky imaging polarimetry, we measured the celestial distribution of polarization during sunset and sunrise at partial (78% and 72%) and full (100%) moon in the red (650 nm), green (550 nm), and blue (450 nm) parts of the spectrum. We investigated the temporal change of the patterns of degr...