Swanalyzer Tool Demonstration (new 2023) @heathcarmody2867

Heath Carmody | Swanalyzer Tool Demonstration (new 2023) @heathcarmody2867 | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
The "Swanalyzer" is a simple software tool I developed as part of my "Light Curve Calculator" program in Unreal Engine 5. This video outlines the primary function of the tool, which is to determine the "apparent radius" of points in an observation image and compare that to physical geometry. Knowing the apparent radius allows us to determine the "ray radius", or the average rate at which light rays need to change angle in order to produce the apparent radius on whichever assumed physical model. For this demonstration, I used an accurate 3D model and determined the apparent radius the same way I would in a photo.

Fun fact - the Swanalyzer was developed years ago as a tool to analyze so called "black swan" observations, which is a description generally given to observations with a 'concave' appearance of the surface. It originally could only analyze points of known distance along the surface. I added elevations a while back so that 'non black swan' observations could also be analyzed. However, as this video touches on, there is still room for improvement when it comes to determining accurate ray radius values for the entire height of the image. But let's keep it simple for now..

$A Different Perspective (Wavy Heat Distortion Time Lapse) From 12 km point observation #8 (test #5). With my two better cameras used for the tests, I decided to try something different with the third camera. I set it on a small flat rock in the damp sand some 100 meters from the shoreline where my close camera was set up. The ground in front of the camera is mostly flat and elevated a foot or so above the water. The idea was to capture a transition from the extreme wavy distortion which was present at the start of the observation, to hopefully less distortion as the sun disappeared and the air cooled down (or at least stopped warming). The 12 km shoreline was very hazy at first but got much better towards the end. Inferior mirage persisted for the entire observation. I dont have a height reference but I could estimate close enough to determine how much of the ferry is hidden below the mirage fold line. Although, that is really what the test cameras are for. Full video on this test coming soon. I tried not to disturb the camera at all but I did walk close to it a few times to make sure it was still recording and in focus. The camera should have been quite stable, which is why what it captured is very interesting. I still cant eliminate camera movement as a factor, so Im hesitant to blame refraction for full frame movement. Maybe some of the test footage will reveal more. Bottom line is that I need more cameras!$

In-Ferry-Or Mirage Day 15 - Another No Mirage Day (or was it?)

Flat Earth: Super Speed 4 Hour Time Lapse! (say when its a globe!)

$Two Camera Heights - Supplemental Footage From Observation #13 Shelter Bay Ferry (May 30th, 2021). I decided to keep this time lapse separate because it was in between heights, and a 3-way never works out as good as it sounds. This is about 2.5 hours of footage sped up very fast. This camera is my old, damaged Panasonic V180K which still takes decent but very washed out video. There is some end of observation footage from the 2 meter camera in this video, and some that I saved for the final. My next video will further explain the point of all this and why I chose this particular observation. Im providing some footage with clear, reasonably measurable obstruction (at times) cause by either physical blockage by water, or by refraction - specifically upward refraction, or by some other unknown effect. So I would like to see some comments from globe proponents about where the physical horizon would be if we could see it, and things to that effect. If there is not enough information to make any claims about obstruction from Earth curve, then let me know how I can improve my observations in order to show evidence for a globe - besides getting much higher and looking much farther. Plenty of people are doing and have done that! Details: Camera height: 4 - 5 meters Second camera height (end footage): 2 - 2.5 meters. Target distance: 18.5 km Time of recording: About 1 pm to 4 pm Conditions: Sunny, very warm afternoon. Slight breeze picked up and clouds rolled in towards the end of the observation. About the lines: Vertical blue lines represent an angle of about 0.037 degrees or about 12 meters at that distance. Use this as a scale reference. Yellow line is a rough estimate of my camera level and a reference for mirage movement.$ $Flat? Sure, but is it level? A quick look at a small paver patio with my cell phone camera, able to get low and level with the surface. Using only this short observation, can you determine the true shape of this flat surface? What about refraction?$ $Another 21 Minutes (Of not Superior Mirage) A detailed real time look at an interesting part of a 6 hour observation (12km point #7). This video asks more questions than it answers, but it is just another starting point for a greater discussion about superior/inferior mirages and refraction in general. From this point I will go forward or backward in the observation depending on what I feel the need to show to illustrate the no superior mirage reasoning. This is footage from the same time frame as the hour long raw footage I released earlier here: https://youtu.be/QuMnnwtMods This is mostly from the close camera and ends where the close camera footage begins in the 1 hour video. The beginning of the 1 hour video is from the far camera. Hopefully that makes sense? I wanted to release more footage leading up to the strange mirage event that Travis took an in depth look at here: https://youtu.be/QJJDx74RxKE There are a lot of subtitles in the first half, but the second half is raw footage ready for others analysis.$

In-Ferry-Or Mirage Day 8 - Finally a Full Transition!

$Fast Slow Refraction$