Message from @Fireflash
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you do a side view or bring a camera to zoom in, it will get closer
and if you get a more powerful camera, you can bring it right back into focus
You can bring it into focus
it hasn't gone over any curve
but you can't see the whole thing
focus != seeing the whole object
you can see the whole thing unless its too far away and the vapor is too much
please, explain this water vapor thing more
depends on the angle your viewing it
water vapor causes some refraction
see the perspective of this hall
can you please draw a diagram of the light rays going through water vapor?
the light lights up on the ceeling are all the same size
they don't shrink, but perspective says they are shrinking
Of course. Shrinking does not at all mean covering half the object
I don't really understand the water vapour thing
A diagram would help
as far as I know, atmospheric refraction would bring a ship past the curve *back*, not obscure it
your eyes can only see 3 miles
:(
at least at a certain altitude
I was looking at video about this ship thing and looking at wiki on water vapor
it talks about water vapor but not being over water
Oh, sorry okay
I'll wait
suffice it to say if the sun is out, its hot enough to warm the water and create water vapor
some of the particles of the water would turn to vapor
not alot , but enough
Mhm, of course. I just don't understand the path of light
light comes from variety of sources
well with refraction
the sun is close, at 3,400 miles away roughly
as it travels in a circle warming the land masses
Can we stay on the topic of refraction please
water vapor will vary depending on what time of day it is
I know, I just want a simple diagram
if the sun is directly overhead, its hotter
to explain how the refraction affects how you see the ship