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==Skunkbay Timelapse==
 
 
 
Below are high resolution versions of the available Skunk Bay peninsula scenes. The distant island is at times visible and invisible.
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyLzdQFU3Og 09/07/12 Timelapse]<br>
 
On this day there was a mixture of sunken and visible effects
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze3mzJGTjrI 09/06/12 Timelapse]<br>
 
On this day the peninsula was sunken throughout most of the day
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTMIMDyp-OQjrI 09/01/12 Timelapse]<br>
 
On this day the peninsula was visible throughout most of the day
 
 
 
===Skunk Bay Peninsula Revealed===
 
 
 
[[File:Sb revealed.png|750px]]
 
 
 
===Skunk Bay Peninsula Hidden===
 
 
 
[[File:Sb sunken.png|750px]]
 
 
 
===Skunk Bay Peninsula Transition===
 
 
 
[[File:Skunk_bay_transition.gif]]
 
 
 
What we learn:
 
 
 
- The sinking effect can happen for long periods of time over a single day
 
 
 
- The sinking effect is seen to happen repeatedly over multiple days, in all available timelapses of that peninsula
 
 
 
- In the sunken version of the scene there is a light line bordering the waterline where it otherwise should not be<br>
 
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- In the sunken version the area above the light line is vertically compressed<br>
 
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- The line of compression is visible when the peninsula is front-lit, and is not visible when it is later in the day and the peninsula is darker and back-lit<br>
 
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- An inferior mirage is seen to compress and decompress from the light line<br>
 
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==Cause: Inferior Mirage==
 
 
 
Increasing Altitude Reveals Additional Area
 
 
 
Diagram
 
 
 
Modified Diagram
 
 
 
==Compressed Ship Video==
 
 
 
 
 
==Comparisons to Sinking Ship Photos==
 
 
 
==Other Resources==
 
 
 
'''Mirages in a Bottle'''<br>
 
[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231117120_Mirages_in_a_bottle Link to Paper]
 
 
 
Abstract: "A simple experiment is presented to visualize inferior and superior mirages in the laboratory. A quantitative analysis is done using ray tracing with both photographic and computational techniques. The mirage's image, as seen by the eye or the camera lens, can be used to analyze the deflection and inversion of light rays."
 
 
 
'''Skunk Bay Scan with Zoom'''<br>
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxpY4oY1pvs
 
 
 
An observation of the bay unzoomed.
 

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