The Apparent Compression of Distance with Distance

Alistair B. Fraser

doi:10.1364/MO.1983.FB4

Topical Meeting on Meteorological Optics
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1983),
paper FB4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/MO.1983.FB4

The Apparent Compression of Distance with Distance

Alistair B. Fraser

Meteorological Optics 1983

Incline Village, Nevada United States
12–14 January 1983
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Abstract

The incremental change in apparent distance varies inversely with distance squared. This has implications for both meteorological visibility and the appearance of mirages.

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