[oxplot]

The absurdity of this intrigued me and I dropped by their site. Read a few threads and it seems like they're not fond of satellite photography and rely on their senses almost exclusively. So here's a little question for them: why does a ship seem to "sink" into the ocean the further it gets?

[lordnacho]

It practice ships disappear into optical obscurity before you can see that only the top half is visible. And even that could just be a big wave, right?

[oxplot]

Not really. A big enough ship combined with a clear day and a set of binoculars works pretty well. As for the big wave, repeat the experiment enough times to filter out the noise.