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Why is there a hovering ship but no hovering sea?
Briefly: Because the ship is above the sea. If conditions were slightly different you might also see some part of the sea hovering, or the lower part of the ship missing. In this case the "cutoff" happens to align with where the sea would end (i.e. the horizon).
Next international helium shipment on its way.
The two party fake choice and the ral deep state which are the long term embedded scum in government all need to be cleard out. I am glad I am from Texas and we are pushing in mass for changes. Florida is doing the right thing without much push from the people.
I wish you lal the best of luck and happiness. Think for yourselves and question everything. Second best advice I ever got was that prior statement and the very best is the realization that no matter what I think I know; I know nothing for certain.
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Something just occurred to me. Is this actually an optical illusion? My idea of an optical illusion is one where your brain perceives something that is different from reality. Indeed, when I look it up I see examples of that (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_illusion ) But in this case your brain isn't doing anything wrong, the light reaching your eyes is what's "wrong" and your brain is correctly interpret…
This is a false horizon. Your eyes are seeing the reflection of the sky on the distant water or fog, making it appear the horizon is closer than it really is. So it is an optical illusion, as your brain is what is perceiving a horizon where it is not.
This particular kind of mirage ("superior mirage", as the author of the picture calls it) works the other way around: light bends away from the cold water surface. So, of I understand it correctly, the horizon appears where it really is whereas the ship appears higher up (contrary to normal mirage where the sky appears to come from the ground).
(Seriously, people. It’s been hours—has no one cracked a kubernetes joke about this yet?)
This picture will help explain the "superior mirage": https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Su... Note in the OP's original link the bottom half is cut off entirely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage?oldformat=true#Superior...
Not by any optical effect, I think -- you're seeing all that's visible of it where it actually is, too: The bit that's "cut off" is just what's hidden below the water line. (Some other post here suggested a thin line of water may actually be barely visible along the lower edge of the ship in the "mirage" photo.)
Really neat to see what deploying a containerized application to the cloud looks like! (Seriously, people. It’s been hours—has no one cracked a kubernetes joke about this yet?)
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This is a false horizon. Your eyes are seeing the reflection of the sky on the distant water or fog, making it appear the horizon is closer than it really is. So it is an optical illusion, as your brain is what is perceiving a horizon where it is not.
What you describe here is the usual kind of mirage, the one you see when light travels over a hot surface (desert sand, road) during summer. This particular kind of mirage ("superior mirage", as the author of the picture calls it) works the other way around: light bends away from the cold water surface. So, of I understand it correctly, the horizon appears where it really is whereas the ship appears higher up (contra…
I can only recommand to check https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=er1mh90wN-k and then https://metabunk.org/refraction/
It's strange that the air and the water below the "floating" ship is so crisp and clear. In a superior illusion, there normally is quite a bit of distortion appearing like a wall of fog or galss under the ship (or island etc). It's also strange that this was seen at a very close range when such illusions normally involve objects far away, near the horizon. Is it possible this image is a hoax, or that it was edited to…
This picture will help explain the "superior mirage": https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Su... Note in the OP's original link the bottom half is cut off entirely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage?oldformat=true#Superior...
This _is not_ a superior mirage, it's a false horizon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er1mh90wN-k
It’s interesting the BBC experts didn’t catch the difference but that’s the benefit of the internet I guess.