Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971120171227.0069bc10@mail.walltech.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 17:12:27 -0600
To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
From: geoff ruth <geoffr@eastside.org>
Subject: Re: rising up to meet the sky
In-Reply-To: <v01540b11b09a934892b8@[192.174.2.173]>
Paul,
I tried to do this experiment. (I didn't actually get my head halfway under
water, but I got pretty close.) I thought that the air and water looked
more even this way, but someone else I was with thought that it still
looked like there was more ocean. So perhaps that means that it has a lot
to do with individual perception and visual orientation rather than with a
physical or physiological variable.
>I propose an experiment.
>Lower your eye until it is level with the ocean.
>What do you see now?
>
>This experiment will allow you to find out how important eye height above
>the water is in creating the perception that the ocean rises.
>
>Paul D
Geoff Ruth
Eastside School
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