Magnetic Hill, New Brunswick
Not sure if this will qualify as a magnet for Smile on Saturday, but it sure felt like a giant magnet was pulling us uphill (see below).
When you stop at the white post and put your car into neutral, you coast backwards which appears to be going uphill as if pulled by a magnet, thus giving the magnetic effect!
However in reality you are coasting backwards downhill.
The magnet or magnetic effect is caused by an optical illusion of the landscape. The gully where the white post is located on the left side, is actually higher than the road in the front of the photo.
This picture was taken in September 1970 on 35mm Kodak slide film.
Magnetic Hill, New Brunswick
Not sure if this will qualify as a magnet for Smile on Saturday, but it sure felt like a giant magnet was pulling us uphill (see below).
When you stop at the white post and put your car into neutral, you coast backwards which appears to be going uphill as if pulled by a magnet, thus giving the magnetic effect!
However in reality you are coasting backwards downhill.
The magnet or magnetic effect is caused by an optical illusion of the landscape. The gully where the white post is located on the left side, is actually higher than the road in the front of the photo.
This picture was taken in September 1970 on 35mm Kodak slide film.