Quote from: The Knowledge on October 12, 2011, 03:31:14 PMQuote from: Ski on October 10, 2011, 08:18:02 AMDiffusion of light is enough to make an airplane disappear on a clear day. City buildings disappear into the murk on a smoggy day. Think of all the weather between you and the rim country. Why would you expect to see mountains at that distance. There are days that I can barely see the mountains 20 miles from my home. Denver is 15 to 20 miles distant in this photo from lookout mountain. Think of how small the mountains of the rim country are so many miles away. Why would one expect to see them at all? You can't claim that it's unusual to see 20 miles, perfectly reasonable to see 3000 miles and ludicrous to see 9000 miles in the same thread. You just look like a dithering prat when you do that.Different circumstances allow for different view distances.
Quote from: Ski on October 10, 2011, 08:18:02 AMDiffusion of light is enough to make an airplane disappear on a clear day. City buildings disappear into the murk on a smoggy day. Think of all the weather between you and the rim country. Why would you expect to see mountains at that distance. There are days that I can barely see the mountains 20 miles from my home. Denver is 15 to 20 miles distant in this photo from lookout mountain. Think of how small the mountains of the rim country are so many miles away. Why would one expect to see them at all? You can't claim that it's unusual to see 20 miles, perfectly reasonable to see 3000 miles and ludicrous to see 9000 miles in the same thread. You just look like a dithering prat when you do that.
Diffusion of light is enough to make an airplane disappear on a clear day. City buildings disappear into the murk on a smoggy day. Think of all the weather between you and the rim country. Why would you expect to see mountains at that distance. There are days that I can barely see the mountains 20 miles from my home. Denver is 15 to 20 miles distant in this photo from lookout mountain. Think of how small the mountains of the rim country are so many miles away. Why would one expect to see them at all?
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Correct, which is why his original statement that it was unusual to see more than twenty miles in normal atmosphere near the ground is a complete fallacy, designed to mislead. Trolling revealed.
Quote from: The Knowledge on October 13, 2011, 09:34:01 AMCorrect, which is why his original statement that it was unusual to see more than twenty miles in normal atmosphere near the ground is a complete fallacy, designed to mislead. Trolling revealed.I never said that it was unusual to see more than twenty miles. I said, "There are days that I can barely see the mountains 20 miles from my home." It is you who are attempting to be misleading, or is English not your native tongue?
I never said that it was unusual to see more than twenty miles. I said, "There are days that I can barely see the mountains 20 miles from my home."
I love it when the noobs trolls get pedantic to avoid admitting they're wrong.
Quote from: Ski on October 13, 2011, 11:25:55 AMI never said that it was unusual to see more than twenty miles. I said, "There are days that I can barely see the mountains 20 miles from my home." Quote from: Tausami on October 13, 2011, 04:48:27 PMI love it when the noobs trolls get pedantic to avoid admitting they're wrong.Oh, the irony. I'm overwhelmed...
Quote from: The Knowledge on October 13, 2011, 04:52:11 PMQuote from: Ski on October 13, 2011, 11:25:55 AMI never said that it was unusual to see more than twenty miles. I said, "There are days that I can barely see the mountains 20 miles from my home." Quote from: Tausami on October 13, 2011, 04:48:27 PMI love it when the noobs trolls get pedantic to avoid admitting they're wrong.Oh, the irony. I'm overwhelmed...That's not what irony means.That statement, however, was ironic.