StarGazer
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According to the Dakila Pesquisas team (the makers of the Convex Earth Documentary) ships only appear to disappear below the horizon due to a Optical Phenomena, but if we use powerful enough optical instrument such as a telescope, we can bring the ships back into view.
Except that when we bring the ships back into view, we observe a mirrored image, a Fata Morgana.
No clear explanation was given of why the Optical Phenomena occurs.
They came up with a ''Theory Of Optics Applied to Visual Phenomena'' to explain:
- The illusion of boats going down the horizon line.
- Why first fades the hole of a boat and then the boat.
- Why when an observer is taller can see further.
No explanations ware given for the 3 examples above.
Their first and only experiment with boats begins min 34:30 into the video from a small beach with coordinates 51°57'39.41"W, 31°22'42.53"S, Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil
Where they record a ship disappearing bellow the horizon, bottom first:
No distance to the ship was given.
The camera which recorded the ship is not specified and they claim that we are looking at a naked eye footage (probably they meant: without optical zoom).
After the ship's disappearance they claim that they managed to bring the ship back into view with a Newtonian Telescope.
After that, they show footage of the ship which they managed to bring back into view:
Except that when we bring the ships back into view, we observe a mirrored image, a Fata Morgana.
No clear explanation was given of why the Optical Phenomena occurs.
They came up with a ''Theory Of Optics Applied to Visual Phenomena'' to explain:
- The illusion of boats going down the horizon line.
- Why first fades the hole of a boat and then the boat.
- Why when an observer is taller can see further.
No explanations ware given for the 3 examples above.
Their first and only experiment with boats begins min 34:30 into the video from a small beach with coordinates 51°57'39.41"W, 31°22'42.53"S, Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil
Where they record a ship disappearing bellow the horizon, bottom first:
No distance to the ship was given.
The camera which recorded the ship is not specified and they claim that we are looking at a naked eye footage (probably they meant: without optical zoom).
After the ship's disappearance they claim that they managed to bring the ship back into view with a Newtonian Telescope.
After that, they show footage of the ship which they managed to bring back into view:
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