Heath Carmody | Evening 'Black Swan' Time Lapse @heathcarmody2867 | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
It's important that I try to do at least one highlight video from every new observation so that I remember the key points of what I recorded and can expand on them later. It's like note keeping but in a (hopefully) interesting short video. Longer videos and/or livestreams are coming soon. Only a few more weeks of good observation weather for the season

MS Building vs. Platform Henry (Pablosdog Observations)

$Three Phases Time Lapse This is all of the steady footage from the 4 foot camera. Footage from observation #9 also featured in The Three Phases of Refraction, Retro Time Lapse in 4K and also InFerryOr Mirage 2022 #4. Watch as the conditions drastically change over this 4+ hour observation at Shelter Bay. From strong inferior mirage creating a week illusion of convexity, to strong black swan looming creating a distorted, concave appearing surface. If only there were something in the middle..$

Diving into the Curve: My Globe Evidence - Part 3 (Boat Tracking)

Flat Earth: Near Zero Highlights from Observation #12

$Inferior Mirage of Water - Example #2 Not really a continuation of the last video, just another example of what I think is an impossible (with one vertical refraction gradient) inferior mirage, where the fold line intersects the visible water surface. This one is a little more close than the last example and a little different appearing mirage. Footage is from Shelter Bay observation #9.$

$Get up higher! I need to make these short videos as a break from the longer ones that I may never finish. This video addresses the claims that observations close to water cant be reliable because refraction effects are too strong. My experience has been that looking over more land (a requirement of getting higher above water) causes more immediate distortion and doesnt guarantee a less refracted image.$ $Where is 8 inches? 3rd observation of the season at the boat launch and all I got was 4 more hours of extreme black swan conditions. Same general effects as the first two, although never quite the same. Massive upward displacement with extremely strong compression. Rough guess I would say the visible water is occupying the visual space of about 20 meters height at around 8 km. I could measure a more precise estimate at some point, but I doubt this is my biggest black swan ever. Plus, what could anyone do with that information? We know that water appears well above eye level as frequently (if not more) than inferior mirage appears below eye level. Still doesnt mean the Earth is concave. This is one of the more common refraction scenarios that doesnt seem to change much over a long period of time. Im always disappointed when I see this condition right of the hop, because it means Ive missed the transition from inferior mirage, and missed any potential obstruction. Mirage effects are seldom observed once that apparent horizon has set itself up well above eye level.$ $Inferior Mirage - Symphony of Obstruction. Slightly cooler evening than the last one but I got there just in time to see a transition from complicated mirage to a more less steady strong inferior mirage. Im looking through multiple vertical temperature gradients and the effects of each gradient blend together, creating some interesting mirages. Notice the water texture change early in the video. This is caused by refraction in my opinion. Ill explain more in a longer video. This is my worst camera that I only use for very low observations and I forgot to set the manual focus so it went really out of focus towards the end. I also have the usual few hours of footage from 2 other, better cameras. More about this observation to come! I say that about every observation, until I do a new one..$

Evening 'Black Swan' Time Lapse @heathcarmody2867