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originally posted by: clevargenuis
originally posted by: hellobruce
originally posted by: clevargenuis
If you were to look at a distant mountain it appears hazy and blurred and you cannot see any features on it.
This is caused by suspended atmospheric particles, vapor, smog etc.
Yet the moon which is much further from our eye than mountains appears so crystal clear you could almost count the craters on it.
So why is this?
Have a look at high high the atmosphere goes, and how much dust/moisture is in it, compared to how much dust/moisture is close to the ground.
between your eye and the moon there is a lot of dust and moisture
originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: clevargenuis
You've really never seen the moon hidden behind clouds, or made dim behind clouds? What else do you think clouds are?
Similarly thick local fog is enough to obscure the moon (and even the sun).
The reflected light is enough to cut through lesser varieties of pollution.
originally posted by: clevargenuis
If you were to look at a distant mountain it appears hazy and blurred and you cannot see any features on it.
Yet the moon which is much further from our eye than mountains appears so crystal clear you could almost count the craters on it.
So why is this?
originally posted by: clevargenuis
If you were to look at a distant mountain it appears hazy and blurred and you cannot see any features on it.
This is caused by suspended atmospheric particles, vapor, smog etc.
Yet the moon which is much further from our eye than mountains appears so crystal clear you could almost count the craters on it.
So why is this?