You're misunderstanding the article here. Nowhere does it say that this phenomenon causes the obstruction of said distant objects by reflective surfaces, such as water.

"Astronomical or celestial refraction causes astronomical objects to appear higher above the horizon than they actually are. Terrestrial refraction usually causes terrestrial objects to appear higher than they actually are, although in the afternoon when the air near the ground is heated, the rays can curve upward making objects appear lower than they actually are. "

This is a further explanation in the article. It doesn't match your explanation.

I said the water evaporation is also another factor that can make the image look more dodgy.

"if the earth were a ball, why hasnt it bounced or rolled away?"

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Okay, but you still can't link that to your initial claim that it is caused by atmospheric refraction. Not only that, but your initial claim doesn't match the article you've linked.

Lol

I'm not convinced.

"if the earth were flat, the cats would have knocked everything off of it by now"

What? My initial claim was due to refraction which can make image look like in places where they aren't in and also that the water evaporation was another factor to consider.

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'' hurr durr earth is not inside a glass of water '' he forgot about atmospheric refraction and water evaporation by the sea

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youre all inside a glass of water that i am drinking, fair thee well travellers

@FatBeat no personal attacks nor remarks like that please

😱 not a glass of water

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'make the image look more dodgy' is not a valid way to explain the phenomenon we observe. Also, I just explained to you, really clearly, that your claim doesn't match what is said in the wikipedia article...the article explains how refraction affects objects in the distance. This perfectly explains why the lighthouse is hidden by the water, and is a proof for a spherical earth.

The cats will knock it over lol

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I guess this is over then?

lee theres a way to stop cats from knocking things off of surfaces

None

Make cats actually care about their owners

It's not proof of convexity no

get a box for them

I can't, you win. '' Because it's affected by atmospheric refraction and it doesn't look like where it truly is it means that the earth is spherical! ''

You...just missed everything that I've been getting to...

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that light house is very far away

cats will knock it over

atmospheric refraction would have a definite effect on it.

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