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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 19:56:22 2020 No.11758573 View Reply Original Report

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What's the scientific reason why city lights appear to "twinkle" like stars from afar?

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 19:59:20 No.11758587 Report

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The effect is called Seeing. It's the air ...

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 20:03:19 No.11758603 Report

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Bugs flying around blocking the source.

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 20:33:07 No.11758694 Report

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>>11758573
Atmosphere.

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 20:37:42 No.11758709 Report

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small scale differences in air density causing tiny nonuniform changes in refractive index over time. This changes the light path slightly between the source and your eye manifesting in a slight variation in intensity over time.

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Anonymous Wed 03 Jun 2020 20:44:15 No.11758734 Report

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It's a weak mirage-like effect that's so weak you can only notice it on tiny points of light.

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Anonymous Thu 04 Jun 2020 06:58:16 No.11760472 Report

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Diffraction

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Anonymous Thu 04 Jun 2020 07:07:51 No.11760487 Report

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Anonymous Thu 04 Jun 2020 07:17:15 No.11760512 Report

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People turning lights on and off too

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Anonymous Fri 05 Jun 2020 01:21:58 No.11763302 Report

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Proof or stfu

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Anonymous Fri 05 Jun 2020 01:28:57 No.11763330 Report

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Probably atmospheric interference.

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