Chicago viewed from Michigan 60 miles away. Supposedly a "mirage"
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I'm not saying you are wrong, but you may want to view this again with the assistance of binoculars or a telescope because this could simply be the result of the limits of the human eye. As a Mariner I am often able to bring vessels back into full view with binoculars that appear to be sinking into the horizon with the naked eye.
All I'm saying, is that picture is not from 60 miles away at the height of person.
I checked the dude's facebook, he takes them from an elevation from St. Joseph, MI, which is about 60 miles, as the crow flies, across the lake.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=534475571361605&set=a.206037660872066
Check out this news report, and then the vid afterwards. The cameraman seems to have very high zoom and is able to see chicago on a day thats slightly hazy. I dont know how high above the water he is but he appears to be pretty low.
https://youtu.be/SADAiC6DNFg
Well this kinda makes sense doesnt it. You see the same effect when you stick a pencil in a cup of water. Seems like the air, if it were humid enough could have the same effect.
If refraction is a true phenomenon then it should be imperfect and only occure sometimes. Like the mirage should look very blurred and scattered. It shouldn't be possible for refraction to occure 24/7, would you agree with those two claims? However refraction seems to produce a perfect mirage as if you are on a plane with no curve. And assuming you don't have too much fog/rain/smoke... you can always use binoculars or a telescope to see objects that should be behind the earth curve. How do I know this? It happens to me all the time when I see approaching vessels when I am driving a commercial ship. Don't take my word for it, try it yourself. You just need height of the observer (above the water), and distance to the object. Then you can calculate how many feet of curvature should be blocking the object.