According to the Dakia 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
No 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 at a beach with coordinates Read even more
Originally posted by Metabunk.org
