• marcos@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Can he do interferometry and just have a 3rd but normal eye?

    I mean, it’s a sunny day FFS!

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      2 months ago

      Legolas actually vibrates very very quickly and is therefore performing synthetic aperture Interferometry, multiplying the size of his effective optical aperture.

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        Also he’s transmitting and recieving imagery from other elves, using the very long baseline kept in his pants