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Show What Makes MilkWhitel , T AVE you noticed that eonM milk ta white. -H some has a bluish east, while cream 1a yel- A low? Milk in a normal condition contain! j many millions of mlnuU spheres of fat, and these act aa little mirrors, reflecting the Tight In all directions. di-rections. The more numerous masses, aa in the compact form of cream, explains Popular Science Monthly, produce an absorption of part of the "light reflecting the yellow rays. When themsjses ef little apherea of fat are less numerous, as in skimmed milk, the liquid becomes more transpar-ent, transpar-ent, and as there la less reflection the color is bluish. , It Is interesting to compare this phenomenon of light with the milk-white and the dull rings of the distant planet Saturn- Through the tele- . ' scope this same principle of reflection from small bodies la apparent. The more compactly formed aortion of the ring that surrounds Saturn shines witt para whit, light. Here there ar r countless count-less millions of little moons flying around Sat-vra, Sat-vra, re (lectins; tha sunlight as do the sphere of fat In the rich milk. Aa these masses become less compactly grouped on that portion of the ring farthest from and that nearest to the planet, we can aee the dark aky through the ring. On its inner and outer edges It is transparent and thus appears dark. |