e-mail:
mgoggin_at_truman_dot_edu
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A picture of an auroral display taken from my backyard just outside Kirksville, MO on 8 November 2004.
For a larger image (285 kB) click here.
Welcome to my home page. Here you will find information about myself and the classes I teach here at Truman State University. I am going to keep it simple for now (mainly due to lack of time).
Office: 3172 Magruder Hall
Research Lab: 3147 Magruder Hall
Office Hours: Please see my schedule.
Course Information for Spring 2008
None - on sabbatical at the University of Queensland
Weekly Schedule (or Where is Dr. Goggin now?)
Question: What is producing the difference between the left photos and the right photos? Although the two pairs of photos were taken years apart, the individual photos in each pair were taken within minutes of each other. The answer is at the bottom.
Physics Educational Resources
Information on Science and being a Scientist
Personal Info (You can also find me on facebook if you are at Truman.)
Answer to question: The pictures on the left were photographed with a polarizing filter oriented to block vertically polarized light and the photo on the right had the filter oriented to block horizontally polarized light.
