Journal Entry 9/28 continued again

In a final attempt to understand the mystery of this scenerio, I turned to my notes. I think that the landscape does not appear because of diffuse reflection. A disturbance to the pond causes the surface to be rough and bumpy, which means that at each point, the normal line points in a different direction. This means that even if the rays that enter the water are parallel, they will be reflected in different directions. As a result of diffuse reflection, there aren't enough reflected rays concentrated in one direction, so no image appears on the surface of the pond.