There are obstacles and haze from clouds (like on the ground?) obstructing every object from every angle from every vantage point on Earth? Infrared can see through haze. That's a more significant scientific finding that Earth being flat. You should be published in a journal and awarded a science-man prize.
A Chicago skyline fully visible across Lake Michigan is not a superior mirage. There is one explanation, and it does not at all fit the status quo and cannot be argued away.
So what else is visible that's even farther away? If it works for Chicago, then it should work for other areas too.
Mmmhmm plenty of islands in the Mediterranean we can see but we shouldn't (one over a hundred miles distant), and off the coasts of Scotland and Ireland small far-away islands are observable on clear days that also should not be.
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