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gg the Ghostbuster

13 May, 2009 (05:52) | Illusions, Physics

Skulls in the Stars: Optics in the Haunted Mansion!

The Haunted Mansion is one of my favorites, with its classic Gothic ghost story atmosphere and dark sense of humor. As a child, I was terrified of the essentially harmless attraction. This trip, as a professor of optics, I was delighted to not only see the clever special effects, but deconstruct them — to “peek behind the curtains”, so to speak.

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