the light goes from one medium to a different medium

Not the biggest factor

Temperature is the biggest refractive factor by far

Tell me is it cold on the beach and warm in the mountains or warm on the beach and cold in the mountains?

yes the light goes from maybe colder to hotter temp or more humidity less humidity

probably cold in the mountain

Ever heard of lapse rate?

Well

Temperature affects medium density. . . So. . .

Yeah

That kind of says why, lol

are u saying light always bends up

nope never heard of lapse rate

idk which side wants light to b end which way it really doesnt matter to me

im sure sometimes light bends up and sometimes it bends down depending on the medium its coming from and going into

but did u watch the video i posted it shows the boats arent going over the curve

Depends on the density of the medium. Refraction is created when light either slows down or speeds up. It can't travel at the speed of light when their are more particles in the way

And yes colder and hotter air does affect the density of the particles, which affects the refractive index

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What Jeremy said also factors in since hotter air holds more water, which means more potential medium changes for the light

What do you mean by holds more water?

right above the surfae of earth is the thickest layer of atmosphere right

surface

Yes

isnt that where the most water is gonna be

Light will curve up when the lower layer is hotter, and down when the lower layer is colder. Right??

Higher temperatures have higher dew points, @🅱ruh Sound Effect 2, allows for more water vapor to be present in air

Atmospheric density decreases as the altitude increases

Ah ok

so where is this all going ? light is bending objects thousands of feet above the horizon for us to see with no distortion?

cause that is whats happenning to the chigago skyline right

There is some atmospheric refraction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBtoT_SDu_g

boats going over the curve there

idk ? i think we should look into whats happenning at the horizon more after seeing that

thats the only video ive seen like that so i would have to see more images of boats under the curve but with the color and contrast adjusted like he does there

what do u guys think

Interesting

wouldnt u like to see more images of boats that are almost all over the curve but with the color and contrast adjusted ?

the images globers use for proof boats are over the curve cause ive already been told that in that video the boat wasnt over the curve it was atmospheric conditions

could u adjust teh contrast and color and still see it through water ?