Alright, TheEngineer. You're obviously brilliant, so explain this one to me:
I live in the Bay Area- San Francisco to be exact. I look out my window on a clear day, and on the horizon I can see a few islands- the Farallon Islands. They are not always visible, but when it is clear out I can see them, plain as day, at least when I am at my house, which happens to be on a hill. I decide it is such a nice day that I want to go down the hill to the ocean. When I get there (about 3 minutes and 3/4 of a mile later) it is just as clear as when I left. Yet when I look on the horizon- no islands. Have the Farallons disappeared? Or is it a government ploy? That wouldn’t be good for the environment- we need those islands… or at least that’s what they tell us.