Originally posted by @sonhouseI shouldn't have to point it out, but.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVa2UmgdTM4
Sorry Freaky, this nails it even for you.
According to your go-to-but-never-works-because-you-don't-know-how-it-works-or-applies, i.e., light refraction.
Does it only work on ambient light?
Or does it work on laser scatter, too?
Is that light scattering up--- due to refraction caused by atmospheric conditions?
Also...
Why so many moving parts?
Why so many extra points of transference?
Simple--- super simple--- three objects between two points over flat water:
Eye
Camera/Telescope
Distant (20-30+ miles) Object
No fluctuating elevation.
Reliance on single mechanical device.
Basic Pythagorean math.
Easy peasy.
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Originally posted by @freakykbhNo, not with, as you said above, "scattering". And that would make no sense for a lazer beam anyway.
Is that light scattering up--- due to refraction caused by atmospheric conditions?
Particles that scatter light (such as fog particles) wouldn't just scatter light 'up' but sideways and down thus a scattering effect would mean the lazer beam would not be seen to stay narrow, as it did in that film, but spread out in many directions and blur over a very wide area. The same is true for Rayleigh scattering from air molecules.
The only simple and reasonable explanation for what was observed in that film is that the water surface is curved and that clearly indicates curvature of the Earth.
Originally posted by @humy"Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation."
No, and that would make no sense for a lazar beem anyway.
Particles that scatter light (such as fog particles) wouldn't just scatter light 'up' but sideways and down thus a scattering effect would mean the lazar beam would not be seen to stay narrow, as it did in that film, but spread out in many directions and blur over a very wide area. The same is true for ...[text shortened]... bserved in that film is that the water surface is curved thus indicating curvature of the Earth.
Originally posted by @freakykbhwhat about it?
"Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation."
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Originally posted by @wildgrassI know, I was baiting Freaky. He is a card carrying flatearther. I also knew he would be putting forth the argument that somehow the laser would shoot upwards.
Spherical right? Not round. This isn't exactly a novel finding, the ancient greeks figured this out using a stick.
Which is funny, how the laser would shoot upwards but the boat, not so much🙂
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Originally posted by @freakykbhAh, you mean you now know why you see those buildings across the lake?
Have you been following the conversation in the thread?
Light bends.
So what is happening optically when light bends?