Optics: Technical, not piano - perhaps clutter

[Paul]

Jim/Ron

I noticed this aforementioned phenomenon when flying, and mused at the time
that we must be high enough above the lake/water that it reflects a white
light just as any smooth surface does when viewed at the "right" angle; much
like reading the surface of a well buffed piano lid to see if all the flaws
are out. No science here, just a finisher's ramblings.

Paul Chick
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Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: Optics: Technical, not piano - perhaps clutter


>
> In a message dated 7/13/2000 12:06:34 AM, you wrote:
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> <<It's
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> apparently a refraction thing, since the viewing angle was so narrow and
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> definite. This really intrigues me, since it isn't obvious to me how it
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> works, and is, indeed, downright wrong by what I think I know but is, at
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> the same time, obviously real.>>
>