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Oct 17, 2002, 4:29pm

Wow ... this is dumb. Its really not difficult. In laymans terms ...

1. Fact ... Matter blocks light.

2. Water is denser than air ... therefore more molecules per volume.

3. More molecules per volume ... more light blocked.

4. More light blocked ... less light reflected by the object reaches the
eye.

5. Less light reaches the eye ... the harder it is to see the object.

6. The harder it is to see the object ... the less the volume of matter
between the light source (the object) and the eye to see the same
brightness.

7. Less volume of water ... object and eye are closer together.

Ergo ... You can't see as far in water as you can in air. Now repeat
substituting lead for water and see if it makes any more sense.

Grims


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