Heath Carmody | Strange Slow Refraction (watch in 4K) @heathcarmody2867 | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 23 hours ago.
From observation #10 - same observation as
"Slightly Disturbing Refraction Time Lapse" youtu.be/nt_2fkQJmdg
and
"How High Was I?" youtu.be/yQ2nSEprdJE
Why do I call this "slow refraction"? To me, it's a slightly dreamy and surreal appearance or 'mood' of refraction that can almost look slow motion, even when played at normal speed. When sped up or in time lapse, it appears as rapidly changing, wildly distorted refraction (see last video of the same observation). It also has to do with the 'directional force' appearance of refraction (the 'windy' look) being mostly subdued. The 'impressionism' effect usually accompanies slow refraction and in this case it was very strong. Since the Earth surface (and some good distance above) appears extremely concave for the duration of these events (constantly changing but never appearing anywhere close to a globe), it also creates a strange perspective illusion of being low and close to the close water, but much higher above the very distant water.
There's been a handful of observations that I could categorize as slow refraction for significant periods of time. It seems to occur when there is very strong 'looming' but not as much compression as what normally accompanies a concave appearance. The water appears very concave and also reflective, but I do not think it is actual reflection. I think this effect must be caused by multiple vertical density gradients, possibly a strong close sinking column, with more distant strong looming vertical columns. Here is another example I published last year of a similar effect: youtu.be/_9bdCY4Wq-U
and from the same observation as above, a highlight of a mirage that appears similar to the boats and log mirages in this video: youtu.be/WbqBmL1szRE
This was captured with my 4K Panasonic FZ80 from a height of less than 5 feet above the lake surface. All in real time from a short recording towards the end of the observation (also have hours of time lapse from this camera/height). The clips are slightly out of order and I only picked the ones where there was minimal camera movement. A few scenes near the end I played with the color to get more contrast out of the easily visible distant shoreline (at 38 km) appearing well above the 18.5 km land point. Plenty more footage still from this day to present and discuss.
From observation #10 - same observation as
"Slightly Disturbing Refraction Time Lapse" youtu.be/nt_2fkQJmdg
and
"How High Was I?" youtu.be/yQ2nSEprdJE
Why do I call this "slow refraction"? To me, it's a slightly dreamy and surreal appearance or 'mood' of refraction that can almost look slow motion, even when played at normal speed. When sped up or in time lapse, it appears as rapidly changing, wildly distorted refraction (see last video of the same observation). It also has to do with the 'directional force' appearance of refraction (the 'windy' look) being mostly subdued. The 'impressionism' effect usually accompanies slow refraction and in this case it was very strong. Since the Earth surface (and some good distance above) appears extremely concave for the duration of these events (constantly changing but never appearing anywhere close to a globe), it also creates a strange perspective illusion of being low and close to the close water, but much higher above the very distant water.
There's been a handful of observations that I could categorize as slow refraction for significant periods of time. It seems to occur when there is very strong 'looming' but not as much compression as what normally accompanies a concave appearance. The water appears very concave and also reflective, but I do not think it is actual reflection. I think this effect must be caused by multiple vertical density gradients, possibly a strong close sinking column, with more distant strong looming vertical columns. Here is another example I published last year of a similar effect: youtu.be/_9bdCY4Wq-U
and from the same observation as above, a highlight of a mirage that appears similar to the boats and log mirages in this video: youtu.be/WbqBmL1szRE
This was captured with my 4K Panasonic FZ80 from a height of less than 5 feet above the lake surface. All in real time from a short recording towards the end of the observation (also have hours of time lapse from this camera/height). The clips are slightly out of order and I only picked the ones where there was minimal camera movement. A few scenes near the end I played with the color to get more contrast out of the easily visible distant shoreline (at 38 km) appearing well above the 18.5 km land point. Plenty more footage still from this day to present and discuss.
