Lens effect due to ripples

 

 

 

Related applets:

Real lens effect (See a picture through a lens)

The background undersea pictures in this applet are from the site http://webworld98.com/undersea.htm.


At A (B), the water surface curves downwards (upwards), the light emerges from that region will diverge (converge) and hence the image of the object beneath it will be diminished (enlarged) .