Comic Trivia #21
Added 2020-01-02 08:31:00 +0000 UTCWhen we look at distant objects, they became increasingly purple or blue-ish and brighter due to dust and vapor particles causeing the light to scatter. This effect is known as atmospheric perspective:
Using atmospheric perspectivein comic helps to create the illusion of depth:
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Thank you for pointing that out! I have changed the description ^^
2020-01-03 01:51:50 +0000 UTCThe pedant in me wants to point out that atmospheric perspective isn't because of light <i>bending</i>, it's because of light <i>scattering</i>, and specifically added scattered blue light from the sun rather than because of subtracted scattered red light from the object. It is actually because of there being blue sky in front of the object. (This also implies that if you create a sufficiently bright light source, it will appear redder when viewed from farther away since the loss of scattered blue light from your light source will be a stronger effect than the gain of scattered blue sunlight. But of course the sun is pretty bright.)
Borg Lord
2020-01-02 16:10:37 +0000 UTC
