Miraging and abnormal refraction were recorded by other ships, including the Deutschland and the Niagra, in the area where the Titanic sank.
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A Very Deceiving Night: High Pressure
Unusually high pressure in the North Atlantic on the night Titanic sank was particularly conducive to abnormal refraction of the light.
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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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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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A Very Deceiving Night: Thermal Inversion
Log books and Greenwich Mean Noon Observations from more than 75 ships which passed through the area where the Titanic sank give thermal inversion evidence.
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A Very Deceiving Night: “A pretty sharp drop”
The sudden temperature change as the Titanic crossed from the warm waters of the Gulf Stream into the much colder waters of the Labrador Current.
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