Why can you see your own reflection in a calm lake but not in a sea?
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Specular reflection from a calm lake occurs because the surface is so flat that all the reflected rays bounce off in the same direction. But, if a gust of wind disturbed the water, the resulting ripples would cause a different phenomenon called diffuse reflection.
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To see our reflection on a water body it should be completely calm; to act as one mirror. The sea surface due to wave and wind action is always agitated, even slightly, and the surface behaves not as a mirror but as millions of tiny mirrors in random orientation; not an ideal condition to see our faces.
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