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Light changes direction when it enters water at an angle. Move the incoming ray and watch the transmitted ray bend toward the normal — the line perpendicular to the surface.

An ideal ray model: air n = 1.000, water n = 1.333. Angles are measured from the normal. The reflected ray is omitted.
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Light entering waterAt 45 degrees of incidence, light refracts to about 32 degrees from the normal.NormalAirWater
45°
Angle in water32.0°

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