The latter reflected the sun's rays from the thousand facets of their crystals.

后者映着阳光，在它们晶体的无数切面上反映出闪闪光芒。

The behaviour of the reflected rays yields information on the structures that they collided with.

反射回来的射线的一些特性揭露了一些信息。这些信息是关于和其相碰撞的结构的。

So, when reflecting off of flat water, the reflected ray becomes partially, horizontally polarized.

因此，当从平坦的水面反射时， 反射光线会变成部分水平偏振。

Instead, at this point of contact, the reflected ray undergoes a phase shift of 180 degrees, essentially skipping forward half of a cycle.

相反，在这个接触点，反射 光线经历了 180 度的相移， 基本上向前跳过了半个周期。

When sunlight reflects off of water, each reflected ray is partially polarized in the direction that's parallel to the surface it reflected off of.

当阳光从水反射出来时，每条反射光线都会在与其反射表面平行的方向上部分偏振。