Robert Oberdove
New Member
Greetings,
I have watched the following video from Taboo Conspiracy a few times. It is done on Lake Utah. I have yet to find where the error is that disproves the video claim.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh1KN5gbPvU
His wife shines a light (placed directly on the ice surface) on one shore which is 7.53 miles away from the camera (30.5-inches above the ice) on the other shore. She also held the light at arms lengths and it was visible even then.
The following GPS coordinates of their position on the Lake does measure out to 7.5 miles distance between them
Camera Coordinates: 40.31524628 N 111.76501156 W
Spotlight Coordinates: 40.33612475 N 111.90493711 W
Based on standard curve Earth calculations, the spot light should be several feet below the horizon and not visible from the camera position. But he does show the spotlight and therefore claims there is no curvature.
Assuming that the video is not outright fraud, possible explanations could be:
Either he has not correctly identified the night light as really being his wife's, who was standing on the opposite shore. He located his wife after seeing here turn on and turn off the light.
or
the is some property of the ice that transmits the lantern light across it for a large distance.
or
maybe the light he saw was a mirage or other type of atmospheric refraction over near freezing water
or
look at the attached file for another idea, but I don't know if the physics is correct for it.
I appreciate your help in identifying what error(s) he committed that made the video show no curvature.
kind regards,
Robert
I have watched the following video from Taboo Conspiracy a few times. It is done on Lake Utah. I have yet to find where the error is that disproves the video claim.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh1KN5gbPvU
His wife shines a light (placed directly on the ice surface) on one shore which is 7.53 miles away from the camera (30.5-inches above the ice) on the other shore. She also held the light at arms lengths and it was visible even then.
The following GPS coordinates of their position on the Lake does measure out to 7.5 miles distance between them
Camera Coordinates: 40.31524628 N 111.76501156 W
Spotlight Coordinates: 40.33612475 N 111.90493711 W
Based on standard curve Earth calculations, the spot light should be several feet below the horizon and not visible from the camera position. But he does show the spotlight and therefore claims there is no curvature.
Assuming that the video is not outright fraud, possible explanations could be:
Either he has not correctly identified the night light as really being his wife's, who was standing on the opposite shore. He located his wife after seeing here turn on and turn off the light.
or
the is some property of the ice that transmits the lantern light across it for a large distance.
or
maybe the light he saw was a mirage or other type of atmospheric refraction over near freezing water
or
look at the attached file for another idea, but I don't know if the physics is correct for it.
I appreciate your help in identifying what error(s) he committed that made the video show no curvature.
kind regards,
Robert