So.. if I stand on the coast...

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MC Hamster

So.. if I stand on the coast...
« on: February 17, 2007, 12:47:33 PM »
Or up in a skyscraper here in Sydney (so I've got some elevation in case of big waves), with a good, strong telescope, and pointed it in the right direction, I should be able to make out the cityscape of LA, yes?

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Re: So.. if I stand on the coast...
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2007, 12:52:09 PM »
Quote from: "MC Hamster"
Or up in a skyscraper here in Sydney (so I've got some elevation in case of big waves), with a good, strong telescope, and pointed it in the right direction, I should be able to make out the cityscape of LA, yes?


No.


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ADMlNISTRATOR

Re: So.. if I stand on the coast...
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2007, 12:53:09 PM »
Quote from: "DiegoDraw"

No.


~D-Draw


Yes.

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Tom Bishop

So.. if I stand on the coast...
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2007, 12:53:34 PM »
Atoms are not transparent.

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So.. if I stand on the coast...
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2007, 12:54:54 PM »
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MC Hamster

So.. if I stand on the coast...
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2007, 12:58:13 PM »
aaah, it's fog!!

gotcha.



That explains why the ocean gradually fades out into the distance, rather than ending sharply in some wierd kind of 'horizon' effect.

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So.. if I stand on the coast...
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2007, 12:58:27 PM »
Pollution's a beotch huh?
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