I’ve had like 12 people explain this to me and have absolutely no idea what polarized glasses are or why they’re so special.
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Think of lenses like thousands of hoses bundled together. The light passing through them is like water. Natural light comes towards the hoses and is choppy. It comes in from all angles and causes inconsistent pressure in the hoses leading to a very rough flow on the other side. Polarization is placing a bunch of slats in front on the hoses. Suddenly the only water coming in is the water lined up with the slats. Everything else is blocked and redirected by those slats. So now when the water flows into the hose it is a nice smooth steady flow and comes out of the other side as a constant crystal clear flow.
In the case of light we are selectively removing certain kinds of photons that would interfere with each other and form glare. polarization keeps all that light coming into your eyes nice and smooth and lined up which increases clarity of vision. It’s why polarized lenses also help you see through the surface of water as the polarization helps eliminate the scattered light and let’s you see the light reflected off the deeper parts of the water.
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