When I read this statement of yours I immediately thought of mirages. I
wonder if mirages are caused in part to this natural effect?

Samuel benge


Simon de Vet wrote:

> Mike wrote:
>
> > The effect is real.  It's more noticable if you are on higher ground
> > looking down on the water.  I put an example in binaries.images.
>
> Better yet, look at a puddle.
>
> When it's in the distance, it is very shiny, like a mirror. You cannot
> see the ground beneath the water. As you approach it, and view it at
> steeper and steeper angles, the reflection seems to go down, and you can
> see through it more easily. When you are directly above the puddle, it
> seems to be almost completely transparant, and hardly reflective at all.

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