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

water vapor doesn't bend light

my bad

water vapor blocks your view as you look thru more of it

fair enough, but at no point should water vapor look like water exactly, unless it's, well, water

it is water

and if you look thru enough it will block your view

well it's water vapor, not water liquid

although they are similar, the vapor means the particles are more spread out

its like trying to look at something thru the rain

you look thru enough of it and that too will block your view

But that's actually liquid water. If you look through enough of anything it will block your view.

pretty much

Of course. *But*