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You can see that it is pitched inside and out so it doesn’t look at all like the commonly seen “Noah’s Ark”. It would be all around black. There’s no central house above the gunwale. That part is only a cubit higher than the gunwale. http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/attachments/fiberglass-composite-boat-building/46367-need-help-replacing-gunwale-finish-al_boat_repair.jpg

Keep in mind that Ark in the story is essentially a barge: “basket” or “box”: http://concordances.org/hebrew/8392.htm

It might have looked like a barge with most of the “cargo” below the waterline: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/P%C3%A9nicheRecyclageFerrailles2008De%C3%BBle2.jpg/220px-P%C3%A9nicheRecyclageFerrailles2008De%C3%BBle2.jpg

It would look more like the Monitor, but without the central turret. It might also look like the Merrimac, but only 18-20” above the gunwale. http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/ironclads_battle_2.jpg

Both of which have a certain submarine look.

For certain it doesn’t look like this: http://www.barcelonareporter.com/img_uploads/Noahs_Ark_found_in_Turkey.jpg

or this: http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/P1-AP467_Noah2_G_20090413175410.jpg

or this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Noahs_Ark.jpg/200px-Noahs_Ark.jpg

It was black and designed with a roof only 18” above the gunwale.

Check out the Hebrew. Gopher wood? Rooms? Pitch? Window (this is the lighted stone)? We don’t know accurately what Gopher wood is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_wood It is quite literally a unique word. There isn’t another like it in the Bible or in Hebrew. It might very well have been a unique item made especially for Noah by God, similar to the big fish that ate Jonah.

Here’s the word for “rooms” (nests): http://concordances.org/hebrew/7064.htm

“pitch”: http://concordances.org/hebrew/3724.htm

“cubit” - this is usually interpreted as the length of the king’s arm, but who does Noah go to to measure this? Is it the length of Jehovah’s arm? http://concordances.org/hebrew/520.htm

Remember it is described as 30 cubits high from bottom to top. Does that include the cubit above the gunwale? Where’s the water line? It’s open to interpretation. Remember this is a craft designed and graced by God.

Here’s the miracle stone: tsohar: http://concordances.org/hebrew/6672.htm It glows like the noonday sun.

So given the above the Ark of Noah very much could look like this: https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7FU2vO3LDiHfZ5eMa42nlqwTwqize0Dd7Rb9o0gGJo2DCs8LYQw

As an aside, don’t disparage the things of God. His miracles are distinct from magic. Magic is false and you’re being intentionally derogatory. If we’re to have a conversation I expect, if not Christian, than American common courtesy.