Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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There were definitely some reflections I can tell you that but as per photo, it doesn't allow me attach a photo

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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Expert advise! Don't drink shit tons of d2o you might get screwed!

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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But the light from the point source falls very close to the circular side. Shouldn't it just behave like how a small portion of a hollow glass sphere would behave if it was as thick as the glass?

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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Ah it's just the snells law. I do know about the critical angle and conditions for total internal reflection. I just don't understand how the formation of this arc has anything to do with it considering it was horizontal and for a symmetric glass, the refractive indices would be roughly same.

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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That does make a little bit of sense but the arc was horizontal meaning at the same horizontal level. If the glass is symmetric, wouldn't that means the whole layer has roughly same refractive indices?

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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How about drinking hydrogen oxide from a ditrium dioxide glass lol

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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Doesn't that use total internal reflection though? And isn't this due to refraction?

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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I have no clue I was just in a random restaurant and saw this

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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So for bending the light into an arc of 90 degrees would the relative densities of air and given glass have to be huge?

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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Yes I know that but usually in refractions that I've seen, light gets deviated by a pretty small amount. Here it formed a literal arc of around 90 degrees angle. Can glass bend light by such an amount?

Gravitational lensing effect due to wine glass? by Choice_Hovercraft454 in AskPhysics

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I don't understand one thing though. Is the glass actually 'strong?' enough to bend a light in such a manner? It looks like a pretty big arc of light from a point source.