Post by twetch#16771

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This is the only possible way for a ship to appear or disappear at the horizon. Things have to disappear bottom up, not because of a rounded surface, but because of laws of perspective and atmospheric magnification. The atmosphere is filled with water

19Lkpk…ffDu Key · twetch

Which creates a lens, like looking through a fish tank. The atmosphere is denser closer to the water, making it harder for visual images to penetrate without being bent away from the eye’s view. I’ll find a video demonstrating this with a small model.

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