Pensacola Observation 2026-03-01

Globe hypothesis: over water due to the curving surface of the water distant objects must get obstructed bottom up with increasing distance.
Flat hypothesis: over water there is nothing in the way between the observer and a distant object. Other than the waves immediately next to an object there is nothing that can cause a distant object to be obstructed bottom up.

Location of the observation: 30.317874, -87.275841
Location of buoy: 30.06, -87.548333

Date: 2026-03-01 Time: 5:30pm - 5:50 pm

Refraction data for the date: specifically 2026 03 01 22 30 through 2026 03 01 22 50
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/realtime2/42012.txt

The columns for water temp and air temp all read 17.6 (air) and 18.1(water) for the observation time.

Full photos directly from camera: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/70e5niks1wvhanpn6l1ac/DSCN0905.NRW?rlkey=ko4ma3e933qc03ke3uibcylpp&dl=0