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March 9, 2021 Uncategorized

Why ‘Superior Mirage’ images are echoes of Titanic tragedy

The above photograph of a Superior Mirage near the Isle of Skye in Northwest Scotland, with the Isle of Harris

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January 5, 2021 Titanic

The hidden cause of the Titanic disaster

The hidden cause of the Titanic disaster. In this blog post Tim Maltin and Professor Andrew T. Young reveal the real cause of this tragedy, 104 years after the event – abnormal refraction.

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January 24, 2019 Titanic

Thermal map of Titanic’s crash site

Thermal map Titanic sinking. For six years from 2006 to 2012 I travelled the world looking for ships which passed

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June 10, 2015 Titanic

A Very Deceiving Night: Seeing stars

Titanic passenger Lawrence Beesley noticed very bright stars night night of crash, he gives us the best description of the extraordinary weather that night.

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December 3, 2014 Titanic

A Very Deceiving Night: Seeing the inversion

Titanic passengers testified to manifestations of strong thermal inversion on the night the ship sank after it hit the iceberg.

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December 1, 2014 Titanic

What caused the Titanic disaster?

What was the cause of the Titanic disaster – why did it collide with a huge, white iceberg on a completely clear, starlit night? Was it abnormal refraction?

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