Extended Response (Spring Break HW #3)

 The sinking of the Titanic was caused by an optical illusion that hid the iceberg that sunk the ship. In the article "Did the Titanic Sink Because of an Optical Illusion?"http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Did-the-Titanic-Sink-Because-of-an-Optical-Illusion.html, it gives scientific evidence that the iceberg that sunk the titanic may have been hidden by an optical illusion.
  

  In the article it states that there was an optical illusion that hid the iceberg from the view of the captain. You see what happened was during the first night the ship went sailing there were "Atmospheric conditions in the area that night that were ripe for super refraction." What this means is that there was an extraordinary bending of light that caused miraging. British Historian Tim Maltin discovered that multiple ships in the area were also experiencing these issues with the environment. Because of this the light hid the iceberg in a fake horizon. 

Now because of this issue it was also the reason that ship didn't get any rescue from any nearby ships. When the Titanic set off the flares the light that hid the iceberg in the fake horizon hid the flares in one too. Because of this happening no ships were even aware of the ship sinking or even being in any trouble. Maltin got this evidence by asking survivors of the tragedy and checking weather logs of the night of the sinking.

  After reading the article "Did the Titanic Sink Because of an Optical Illusion?" I now have new found information on the sinking of the famous ship. I find this to be very interesting because you would think that sip Captains would be trained with the skills to avoid this problem. But since it was 100 years ago I guess Captains were different back then. This puts a lot of untold mysteries and questions that I had about the sinking of the Titanic to rest and the fact that it was also the environment that lead to the sinking of this ship.