Moffett has often called attention to the fact that the Mississippi River has been flowing down the center of our country for 60 million years and dumping sediment into the Gulf all the while, ultimately creating mounds and valleys that could trap debris that was eventually turned into oil and gas.

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They discovered that by shifting the "phase" of light so that the peaks of one wave line up with the valleys of an adjacent one, the two cancel each other, creating "shadows" between waves that are smaller than the waves themselves(see diagram, p. 141).

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They discovered that, by shifting the "phase" of light so that the peaks of one wave line up with the valleys of an adjacent wave, the two waves cancel each other out, creating "shadows" between waves that are smaller than the waves themselves(see chart).

FORBES: Trick of the Light