Slightly Disturbing Refraction Time Lapse - Audiolizer

Disturbingly concave for hours after a brief appearance of convexity (inferior mirage) at the start. For reference, the camera is less than 6 inches, the target is 18.5 km away and the farthest shoreline is 38 km. The far shoreline can be seen at times later in the sequence, but the 6 foot camera captured it even better. Might even be a record setting black swan in here somewhere.. call Guinness. Questions: What is with that quasi mirage/reflection towards the end? Why so much drama when temperatures were mild and the water and air were within a couple degrees? Why does it always seem like inferior mirages keep forming in places even when there is massive ’looming’ or downward refraction happening? Why does my worst (quality) camcorder always seem to get the most stable and consistent time lapse, from inches above water? From observation #10 at Shelter Bay (as was my last video - “How High Was I“). So much great footage still to present in the best way possible. Narrated longer videos, raw footage and more of these “audiolizers“ (a reverse visualizer) are in the works, but I still have some big projects on the go from past observations to finish up as well. Good thing I’m taking a break from new observations for a few weeks. I have plenty of footage to work with for a while, but not much free time to edit videos. This video was made quickly and might not be for everyone, but you can always mute the audio or listen to your own music while you watch the super dynamic refraction show. It just needs music, especially when things are this dynamic over a very long time lapse. I have a pretty decent selection of music available for these videos and I choose songs based on the ’mood’ of refraction and seeing enough ’first try synchronicities’ when I speed up the video to match the song for the first time. I don’t really care for this song as music, but I love it when I’m watching a time lapse like this. Is that weird?
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