Abstract

It's summer. You are sitting outside, enjoying the sights, sounds, and hot sun. You begin to wonder why the sun's rays seem to be focused on you. As you sit up straight and look around, the bright reflection off a nearby metal sculpture blinds you, the adjacent greenhouse glares at you, and you catch a flash from a high-flying jet. Now you're bothered enough to shift to a different location, but oddly enough you still seem to be at a focal point. Now you realize that you are really sweating, so you decide to go inside where you can more safely contemplate the dazzling effects of focusing. While cooling down, why not write some fun educational software or problem sets and send it to us at EduQuakes! One of my favorite seismological programs is Seismic Waves, written by Alan Jones at SUNY Binghamton and made available for download through his...

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