[GreyFriar]

This is a slightly different article on what I mentioned to you this morning regarding mirage and the RMS Titanic.

[GreyFriar]

Here is the mirage theory from the Smithsonian Magazine that I was talking about Sunday morning: New research may have found the reason why the ship struck an iceberg: light refraction By Tim Maltin

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Did-the-Titanic-Sink-Because-of-an-Optical-Illusion.html#ixzz1sAaCIYMA

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Did-the-Titanic-Sink-Because-of-an-Optical-Illusion.html

here are other articles on the mirage theory.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/weather-sinks-titanic_2012-04-12

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/article3301679.ece

[zot]

Thanks. It makes sense to me.