Heath Carmody | Another Curious Transition (Refraction Time Lapse) @heathcarmody2867 | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
A full transition from 'globe like' inferior mirage to tiny concave 'black swan' recorded over a 3 hour period from a camera placed about 14 inches above water. This was from observation #7 at the boat launch on July 13th, 2024. I also have most of the same footage from a camera about twice the height. Looking a little over 8 km to the campground.
I started adding subtitles to this video to explain some fairly obvious things that I see happening. Then I thought maybe it would be better to not distract from the visuals and see what viewers come up with on their own. What do you see that stands out? What is interesting about the mirage and eye level? What do you notice that supports which (if any) model? If you have a decent understanding of refraction, what changes to the temperature gradient need to happen for this kind of transition to occur? What else do you need to know about the observation to use it as evidence for the model you believe to be correct? None of the things I've noticed require knowing the exact heights of landmarks at the campground, but I can provide more information if anyone wants to get real serious with this. Basically, I just want some points to discuss in a future live stream or narrated video before I give my take on how it supports my long running argument for why the Earth could be flat.
I placed two green lines for the longest segment where the camera didn't move (placed on a large rock). The lower line is my estimated camera "eye level" or horizontal. It's generous in that I think it could be a little lower, but I don't want that to be a huge point of contention. There's a few frames where you can estimate my camera height and compare to close targets yourself, if you doubt my camera line estimate. The second line is simply to mark the top of the highest tree (not quite highest but most visible) as it appears to show how much that height is displaced by the end of the sequence.
A full transition from 'globe like' inferior mirage to tiny concave 'black swan' recorded over a 3 hour period from a camera placed about 14 inches above water. This was from observation #7 at the boat launch on July 13th, 2024. I also have most of the same footage from a camera about twice the height. Looking a little over 8 km to the campground.
I started adding subtitles to this video to explain some fairly obvious things that I see happening. Then I thought maybe it would be better to not distract from the visuals and see what viewers come up with on their own. What do you see that stands out? What is interesting about the mirage and eye level? What do you notice that supports which (if any) model? If you have a decent understanding of refraction, what changes to the temperature gradient need to happen for this kind of transition to occur? What else do you need to know about the observation to use it as evidence for the model you believe to be correct? None of the things I've noticed require knowing the exact heights of landmarks at the campground, but I can provide more information if anyone wants to get real serious with this. Basically, I just want some points to discuss in a future live stream or narrated video before I give my take on how it supports my long running argument for why the Earth could be flat.
I placed two green lines for the longest segment where the camera didn't move (placed on a large rock). The lower line is my estimated camera "eye level" or horizontal. It's generous in that I think it could be a little lower, but I don't want that to be a huge point of contention. There's a few frames where you can estimate my camera height and compare to close targets yourself, if you doubt my camera line estimate. The second line is simply to mark the top of the highest tree (not quite highest but most visible) as it appears to show how much that height is displaced by the end of the sequence.
