perspective

These photons are all coming to your eye at different angles

The more shallow the angle, the more the light will blur together

so you and me are on the same page Citizen

The top of that image shows two points of light

Thr bottom shows the two points merged

then why don't we see this?

Its how angular resolution in the eye works

We do. Its just unresolvable

Now stretch the hallway 3 miles

we see this though

I cant show you something thats become unresolvable

https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a04c6df7269268394ce2348d6476bf22-c

Thats the problem ppl have

of course. That's not unresolved though, that's half blocked.

If i could show you something thats unresolvable then it would be resolvable not unresolvable

Kevin said it was refraction, but you say it's perspective?

Its angular resolution and gradiant slope

shouldn't the sails be unresolvable too?

Optical slant

and, this is a zoomed image btw

No because they are farther away from you

by like, 2 metres?

2 metres further than the hull

Yes

this is an image from a camera though

might i say ...

"ocean swell" is a real thing, too
..even on lakes, too, but yeah

_Swell waves often have a long wavelength, but this varies due to the size, strength and duration of the weather system responsible for the swell and the size of the water body_
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swell_(ocean)

Cameras work the same as the eye

@✧Mike Flatbird (Mike Blackbird)✧ Thank you, that is the only other reasonable answer I have got

They just capture more light

?

k

The focal length is decreased

crap I mean fov

The angles still the same

not focal length

you can see al lthe waves on that water before the ship happens

Once the light is blurred...its blurred