How Do Polarized Lenses Work?

The polarized filter is made of molecules that naturally line parallel to each other and, when applied consistently to a lens, creates a microscopic filter than absorbs any light matching their alignment. Most of the annoying glares that make us want to wear polarized lenses occur from horizontal surfaces, thus the polarized filter applied to lenses are aligned vertically to block horizontally polarized light and to allow vertically polarized light to pass through in turn reducing the amount of glare that comes from horizontally polarized light.

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