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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 18 points 4 months ago

I wonder what the flat earthers have to say about this one

[-] daqu@feddit.org 6 points 4 months ago

That's just perspective. You can see the ship straight ahead, as it should be on a beautiful (and flat) earth.

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

It's a concave earth.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Does anyone really care about what they think tho?

[-] nao@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

flat earth does not work without magic, so this is expected

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

You can't fool me. I know there's a bunch of bodies cut cleanly in half and a couple of children with PTSD on that boat.

[-] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

And a few crates of gold bars.

[-] Toes@ani.social 10 points 4 months ago

Oh wow, it almost looks like a flying steampunk battleship.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Is this where the myths about ghost ships come from?

[-] Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 months ago

I'm pretty sure this is not the type of mirage you linked (which would be above the real horizon) but rather one that is below the real horizon. That is, the ship is seen above the real horizon, but the water near the horizon is hidden by a mirage of the sky. You can faintly make out the real horizon, as well.

[-] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Not an expert but I think you're right. The Wikipedia page OP linked describes the phenomenon this way:

Fata Morgana mirages significantly distort the object or objects on which they are based, often such that the object is completely unrecognizable... The mirage comprises several inverted (upside down) and upright images stacked on top of one another. Fata Morgana mirages also show alternating compressed and stretched zones.

They include a pretty good example with a container ship:

[-] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think that's just shadows, but I could be wrong. It's some type of superior mirage. Title edited for accuracy.

[-] CodeBlooded@programming.dev 6 points 4 months ago

…this feels like Dune

[-] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
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