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Archivist1380 t1_ix5m15l wrote

There was an interesting documentary years ago that hypothesized the titanic’s lookouts fell victim to a similar mirage which was why they failed to see the ice berg in time to move out of the way. Pretty interesting idea and it has some compelling evidence from what I remember.

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boston_acc OP t1_ix5p1s2 wrote

Interesting! I always imagined the titanic struck the iceberg at night—in the darkness—but I guess I was wrong.

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Archivist1380 t1_ix5wj1o wrote

Believe it or not, other ships sailed at night -in the darkness- and somehow managed to not become a century defining nautical catastrophe.

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wsdog t1_ix6rlhl wrote

I watched that, the theory is very questionable borderline made up. But they had an interesting analysis of measures taken after the Titanic and arguing that most of them would not help.

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