Image was made about an hour before sunset at Mendenhall Lake, Juneau, Alaska.

-- Barbara Kelly (kellys@alaska.net), December 10, 1998

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Wow, with the "upside down" mountains, I feel dizzy looking at this! It's an interesting effect. I'm guessing the apparent "shore" at top is ice?

-- Andrew Y. Kim (andy_roo@mit.edu), December 10, 1998.

it's different, but not pleasing to the eye or brain. i still don't know what i'm looking at.

-- richard mittleman (gon2foto@gte.net), December 10, 1998.

This is an interesting shot to talk about. There is a feeling of disorentation caused by the reflections, but the rock is rock solid and brings you back to earth. I might have tilted to the left or cropped to make that top section straight. The blue water forms a nice negative space.

-- Mike Green (mgprod@mindspring.com), December 10, 1998.

Thanks for your comments. Bahman informed that the reason people feel dizzy looking at this is because the top edge of the photograph is not straight. The top part of this photo is a thin layer of ice on the lake. The reflection is the mountains on either side of the "white" Mendenhall Glacier.

-- Barbara Kelly (kellys@alaska.net), December 15, 1998.