Heath Carmody | Water Bands Preview @heathcarmody2867 | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Some sped up footage from observation #10 at the 12 km point. This is the same ferry trip as this: youtu.be/QWwSNoLR5Xc from about 4-5 feet.

Also the lowest camera time lapse of the entire observation, that didn't track the ferry: youtu.be/K5V2LzFV-WQ

I'll be comparing the footage from all 3 camera elevations either in a live stream or a long video explaining my theory behind what I think is going on with these "aquabands". This is the first of 3 ferry trips recorded during this observation. This was the one with the most banding and most complex mirage.

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

A Ghost Ship Appears not on Lake Superior (Original)

$Hand Drawn Refraction pt. 3 - Eye Level, Horizon and 3 Point Lines$

$Hand Drawn Refraction pt. 2 - Stretching and Compression$ $Mysterious Camera Movement (but not really) A real time highlight from observation #5, March 26th, 2023. I have another video coming later today, also from observation #5. After that, Ill be working on a long multi-part project that will be all about refraction, displacement and mirage classifications.$ $Flat Earth: The Strongest Inferior Mirage - part 3 The rest of the time lapse footage highly sped up, from 4 different camera heights. The subtitles for the 1 meter elevation segment and 30 cm elevation are switched! The video took over an hour to render so I didnt want to redo it just for that. It goes 2 meters, 1 meter, 30cm (1 foot), 5 meters. All heights are approximate. The purpose of this video is to show that inferior mirage conditions maintained from all elevations despite the temperature going from significantly colder to much warmer than the water over the course of the 5 hour observation. To me this strongly suggests that upward refraction (sinking, inferior mirage) conditions are the norm except under very specific conditions.$

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