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Is 16X REALLY the max usable magnification?
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<blockquote data-quote="3sixbits" data-source="post: 62086" data-attributes="member: 3661"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> From a physics standpoint, you must have a heat source present to warm the air. Warm air rises or moves in relationship to its cooler surrounding air, and it is the rising air that we call mirage. Regardless of the outside temperature, a heat source (like the sun) is necessary. Mirage can be worse in cold temperatures since the sun can cause a slight temperature difference easier in cold weather which causes the slightly warmer air to rise. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] Your kidding right? You didn't know that the planet we live on has an internal heat source? You did know that outside the earth atmosphere that space is at absolute zero? You must know that the law of thermal dynamics still apply when the sun is shining on the other side of the planet and you are in beddy-by? Heat still travels to cold! Ever hear of night sky effect? No. Is this the effect of our public education system? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3sixbits, post: 62086, member: 3661"] [ QUOTE ] From a physics standpoint, you must have a heat source present to warm the air. Warm air rises or moves in relationship to its cooler surrounding air, and it is the rising air that we call mirage. Regardless of the outside temperature, a heat source (like the sun) is necessary. Mirage can be worse in cold temperatures since the sun can cause a slight temperature difference easier in cold weather which causes the slightly warmer air to rise. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Your kidding right? You didn't know that the planet we live on has an internal heat source? You did know that outside the earth atmosphere that space is at absolute zero? You must know that the law of thermal dynamics still apply when the sun is shining on the other side of the planet and you are in beddy-by? Heat still travels to cold! Ever hear of night sky effect? No. Is this the effect of our public education system? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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