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08-21-2013, 12:42 AM | #2 |
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Cute. Of course it can be done.
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08-21-2013, 06:58 AM | #3 |
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Pretty easily too. You just move the camera up and down until they are aligned.
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08-21-2013, 09:50 AM | #4 |
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Tricky in a car, though. And, for added difficulty, there are three points lining up, not just two. Two on the foreground hill, and one on the background hill.
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08-21-2013, 12:17 PM | #5 |
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Now wait a minute...
The car is supposedly going one direction (frontwards). The "rear view mirror" is supposedly showing this "frontwards" scene ? Looks more to me like the actual rear view mirror has been removed, so we are only looking thru the frame. ... and possibly through a movable clear glass filter that is used to deflect bright headlights from cars that are following at night. |
08-21-2013, 12:22 PM | #6 |
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It's supposed to be hills behind and in front of the car lining up in the mirror. If it was a transparent "mirror", you wouldn't see whatever that white thing in the corner is.
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08-21-2013, 12:39 PM | #7 |
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HM, I think I disagree.
I think the grey thing inside the frame is a hinge gismo that holds the mirror or glass that the driver uses to flip the night-time reflected (rear view) image out of sight. Here's a link that explains what I am trying to say.... |
08-21-2013, 12:50 PM | #8 |
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The mechanism to adjust the mirror is in the middle, is part of the joint between the mirror and the stem (said attachment is not visible in the picture; it's behind the mirror), and it wouldn't be a different colored plastic from the mirror frame.
It could be a composite of two shots of the same hills, but I don't think it's just a transparent mirror frame.
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08-21-2013, 01:09 PM | #9 |
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That light colored thing in the mirror is the 3rd brake light in the rear window.
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08-21-2013, 04:18 PM | #10 |
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My first thought was the corner of the headrest, but I like your idea better.
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08-21-2013, 04:58 PM | #11 |
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It's a car.
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08-21-2013, 05:28 PM | #12 |
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Here is Google Street view of the same place (different time)
You can play with the location of the street view image. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=edgew...3,,0,1.11&z=20 And here is the rear view mirror pic along with it. |
08-21-2013, 09:01 PM | #13 |
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Here is Google's Street View (rear facing) view at the same location...
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08-22-2013, 11:02 AM | #14 |
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I wouldn't presume that the mirror is perpendicular to the direction of travel
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08-22-2013, 12:59 PM | #15 |
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There is a bald spot in roughly the right location on that rear-view hill. And the blue-with distance background hill is a decent match as well.
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