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| Glitter path, photo by Harald Edens |
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| Study by Peder Krøyer |
The effect fascinated Danish artist Peder Krøyer (1851-1901), who did many studies of it, and included it in some of his most famous paintings.
In Howard Pyle's magical story, The Garden Behind the Moon, the "moon-path" appears one night and a young boy discovers that he can walk out on the water:
"There was the moon-path, and there was the wave, and there was this bar of moonlight right a-top the wave. I stepped out again, and this time I wasn't afraid. This time, would you believe it, I didn't fall into the water at all. All the same I had to jump off that wave on to another, for the moonlight was sliding under my feet. It was as slippery as glass."----
Books: How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea by Tristan Gooley
The Garden Behind the Moon by Howard Pyle
Online: Glitter Path, explained in Backyard Optics
Somewhat unrelated, but the first picture reminded me of it, have you ever seen the green flash? I took a video of it one time, you can only see it when you have a really clear view of the sunset, some of the sun's light turns green as it crosses the horizon
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful, thank you for sharing--I love that we as artists can be inspired and fascinated by such wonderful nature around us.
ReplyDeleteAlso see the paintings of Edvard Munch such as "The Dance Of Life" for a more stylized and decorative rendering of this effect.
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A phenomenon I've observed at a near by lake is the glitter paths of the tall field lights, which have a warm yellow cast, is that the reflected light is much more chromatic than the light source, almost an orange colour. The light itself appears washed out in comparison to what's on the lake. Time would be early morning before the sun is high or the sky is over cast. Have you come across this? Would you have a name for this effect.
ReplyDeleteI saw an unusual glitter path today. It was made on a river by the setting sun’s reflection on the plate glass windows of a large modern house.
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