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Frank Krygowski wrote:
> Nate Nagel wrote:
>
>> Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps you should start with how you see miles in the dark in
>>> Nevada. Then tell how it works in Virginia.
>>>
>>
>> It's really easy, you just flip on the high beams.
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>
> It's fantasy time! ;-)
>
>
>>
>> A nice bonus of the flat terrain is that the moonlight actually helps
>> you, as the only shadows are from the trees.
>
>
> So, how many miles would you say you can normally see? I'm curious
> about your estimate.
There's a wide range depending on what you're looking at. On a clear
dark night I can see about 15,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles if I'm
looking at a collection of hundreds of millions of thermonuclear
furnaces but less than 0.1 miles if looking at a large dark branch that
has fallen on a dark road.
> Nate Nagel wrote:
>
>> Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps you should start with how you see miles in the dark in
>>> Nevada. Then tell how it works in Virginia.
>>>
>>
>> It's really easy, you just flip on the high beams.
>
>
> It's fantasy time! ;-)
>
>
>>
>> A nice bonus of the flat terrain is that the moonlight actually helps
>> you, as the only shadows are from the trees.
>
>
> So, how many miles would you say you can normally see? I'm curious
> about your estimate.
There's a wide range depending on what you're looking at. On a clear
dark night I can see about 15,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles if I'm
looking at a collection of hundreds of millions of thermonuclear
furnaces but less than 0.1 miles if looking at a large dark branch that
has fallen on a dark road.