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When light reflects off flat surfaces, such as pavement or water, it becomes polarized. This means that instead of scattering in all directions, it travels horizontally. Humans experience polarized light as glare. Polarized sunglasses block polarized light with vertical filters that prevent horizontal light from passing through. Only light traveling vertically can pass through the vertical filter.

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