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By 'in the environment' I suppose you mean natural materials? Water is one, you can see this when you look into a pool, the bottom appears nearer ie the water shallower than it really is. Air can also bend light, this is how mirages are formed. Water droplets in the air cause rainbows due to different light wavelengths being bent by different amounts.

Generally any material with a refractive index will bend light passing through it. Glass is another obvious one, though not naturally occurring. However some natural types of stones can be transparent, such as diamonds, and these will certainly bend light.

All of these objects also reflect light.

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