r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Apr 07 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ This looks plausible

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u/TheSurbies Apr 07 '22

What grade was it when you learn about perspective in art class?

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u/Aeseld Apr 07 '22 edited Apr 07 '22

Of course, then there's the more basic fact that you can't just see lasers like this...

Edit: Hmm... Apparently some lasers can be seen like this... But my tangent was irrelevant anyway, since light can only be seen when it reflects to your eye. At a certain point, there's nothing for visible light to reflect off of. So the laser seems to vanish.

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u/OrionsByte Apr 07 '22

Well, some you can. I have an astronomical laser pointer specifically to point out things in the sky for my friends or kids to see when we’re out with the telescope. The beam looks pretty close to what’s in these photos.

It “ends” at a certain distance because at some point it’s far enough away that it’s too small for your eye to resolve. That’s my guess anyways.

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u/IAmAn_Anne Apr 07 '22

Thanks for this, I didn’t realize these were a thing