I walked around a corner in my house to the doorway of a room and stood perplexed. I saw water through the window. The window faced a field that is being converted to a meadow of flowers and grasses. The water appeared to be a lake. Like you'd probably do, I walked closer to the window and saw it had been opened. The vertical angle led me to believe the lake was a reflection. Couldn't be. The window opening was angled so that only something to the left would reflect. Our garage was to the left. I grabbed my camera and snapped the photo for evidence despite the camera's protest against painting the very clear image of water I saw. Really! I wasn't imagining this!! Then the aha moment hit. The lake's steely gray waves, which was down the hill and way to the right, reflected off the garage door window and bounced again off this room window where I stood. Awesome. There are moments when I can love science. And then I wondered what ...
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