Mike wrote >Three candidate explanations - ready for a vote? :-) G'Day, I'ld vote for the false horizon optical illusion in which a sloping beach is interpreted by the brain as horizontal. The weather conditions reported, in which the illusion occurred, were so varied its hard to think there could be similar refraction effects in each case. As for vertigo, there was no sense of giddiness or sickness, but maybe! All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 - 13:16:13 PST
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