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

No diagram?

:(

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

https://buildingscience.com/documents/reports/rr-0004-air-barriers-vs-vapor-barriers/view

you can draw it in paint for all I care I just want a diagram

the crude diamgram is meant to show that you see thru less water vapor the higher you up in height

so the water vapor bends light towards the water?

as you get closer to the ground you are looking thru more water vapor

wait no sorry