ground-based telescope
n=1
a: ground-based telescope ~
b: view from the bottom of a swimming pool
What:
"Hubble is in space because it can see the universe more clearly than we can from Earth. Looking at the heavens through a ground-based telescope is like trying to identify someone at poolside from the bottom of a swimming pool. Our vision is blurred because we live at the bottom of Earth's
atmosphere, an ocean of air that smears and scatters starlight. That's why stars twinkle."
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
LCC:
Where:
Date: Dec 6 2016 5:56 PM
# 10541 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.