Why can you not see through fog when it’s ahead of you but you can once you’re in it?
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how far ahead of you is the fog? how far can you see once youre in it?
i’ll guarantee you cant see as far ahead once you’re in the fog. it’s an illusion, human brains are pretty shitty at making comparisons like this. you can’t see more than, say, 80 feet into some dense fog whether or not you’re in it.
the distant perspective makes those 80 feet appear to be much more abrupt.
It comes down to this.. the more distance between you and the object you are (theoretically) trying to see, the more “fog particles” there are, making thereby blocking your vision more than what is immediately in front of you.
That body cam footage may have been the only thing that gave them pause when thinking about “accidentally” misidentifying her hand for a handgun and having to take action out of fear for their lives…
Seriously though, this has to be punished, it is one of the most blatant abuses of power by a politician, the FL Governor, I’ve seen. Where are all the Conservatives and their BS about tyranny? To busy larping with their buddies and their surplus store gear?
I don’t understand pretty sure you can see as far into fog from outside it as you can when you’re in it.
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>Why can you not see through fog when it’s ahead of you but you can once you’re in it?
Your premise is false. Fog reduces visibility the same from both inside and outside. What you’ve probably experienced is just a trick of perspective. If a given fog bank completely blocks visibility within, say, 100 feet, then from far away it could appear as a solid wall because that 100 feet only occupies a small visual space. But from within the fog bank, that 100 feet starts right at your face, so it occupies the maximum possible percentage of your vision.
You can! But only a certain distance, depending on how thick the fog is. The difference is that, when you’re far away from it, looking straight through that amount of fog only reveals more fog. Once you’re inside the cloud, you can see all the (hazy) things within that radius, but if you look up towards the horizon like you were from a distance, it’s still just fog.
I see you have never experienced Tule Fog. You can’t see through it at all. It is extremely deadly on the roads. Not uncommon for it to cause giant pileups.
The same reason you can’t see the forest floor looking at a mountain from a distance, but can when you’re on the mountain amongst the trees.
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