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As far as I can tell, it’s just a lucky coincidence that the distortion “cropped out” the water in this case, causing an exceptionally clean illusion. Compare w
by tobr 6y ago
As far as I can tell, it’s just a lucky coincidence that the distortion “cropped out” the water in this case, causing an exceptionally clean illusion. Compare with other images of fata Morgana[1] and you can see how it tends to look more distorted.
1: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fata+morgana&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fata+morgana&iax=images&ia=images
- hu3 6y agoFrom your link I found this picture of 3 flying ships. https://i0.wp.com/www.astropt.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/fata-morgana.png https://i0.wp.com/www.astropt.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/20... I can feel my brain contorting a bit.
- hntrader 6y agoBut again with these 3 ships why is it only the ships themselves being precisely cropped out and not even small remnants of the immediately surrounding water?
- kortilla 6y agoThey aren’t cropped. They are sitting in fog. The fog is the same color as the sky and there is no backdrop to see through the fog other than the ships. In other words, anything in the fog would be “floating”.
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- slim 6y agoindeed the real horizon line is apparent on the right of the picture