"Wilky": >Speaking of illusions, I was paddling in the Gordon River (South West >Tasmania). The water is fairly brackish and I was paddling along beside >some >limestone cliffs which are sheer for about a hundred feet. The water is >mirror calm and the reflections are mirror perfect. > >I happened to look over the side of the kayak into the water and all I saw >was a hundred foot cliff in perfect detail. etc.... I have had a similar experience a couple of times. I paddle my whitewater kayak most days after work. I go to a dead flat river near my home. In winter, this means I am paddling in the dark. There is a bridge that I pass under. The bridge has bright lights on and around it on the roadway. The lights illuminate the river in that spot. When there is no wind and big, fluffy snowflakes are falling, I get the illusion when I look down into the black water. It's like a mirror. The snowflakes' reflection in the water makes it look as though the flakes are falling up from the depths of the river. At the point where the real ones meet their reflections there is a really disorienting image. I find that I have to pay attention to which way is really up. Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Nov 29 2001 - 06:08:41 PST
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