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People who would not really know a laser would have such a long range. I guess people just do this because they don't know it's dangerous. I admit doing it onc
by jokoon 5y ago
People who would not really know a laser would have such a long range. I guess people just do this because they don't know it's dangerous.
I admit doing it once when I was a kid, but for like 10 seconds, but you never really know if you are pointing exactly at the aircraft, since it's very far away. I learned years ago that I did something illegal...
Of course, people who got caught are pointing those lasers long enough for those camera to spot them.
I guess that a loooot of people try this, but don't do it long enough, so they never get caught, and also since most aircrafts have no way to find who did it.
- wolverine876 5y agoOf all things to point your laser at, why an airplane?
- Nextgrid 5y agoI guess it could make a good target to test the range of the laser if you're not aware of the dangers. There isn't much else in the sky that would reflect it and pointing it at buildings instead may not be visible due to all the light pollution around from the streets as opposed to the dark sky behind an airplane at night.
- albert_e 5y agodoes a laser make a bright spot on the airplane that is ?visible to the person back on the ground?
- Nextgrid 5y agoNo idea, I haven't tried it (and not planning to) but I can understand the curiosity to find out.
- jokoon 5y agoNo, for several reasons: The ray is not "straight", it has a slight angle, meaning the dot is larger and larger when distance increases, so it's less luminous (but still very luminous, enough to blind you temporarily). It's also the reason why it has way more probability to "hit" somebody's eye. You can spot an airplane, but you can't really see secondary light source on it, it's just too far away. Even if a laser is a lot of light, the dot is not emitting enough for the naked eye to see any difference. The light from a laser is directed, meaning all its photons goes in one direction, hence why it will blind an eye. But when it hits a surface, the photons bounce in all directions, and thus those secondary photons land in your eye in lower quantity because they're spread.
- wolverine876 5y agoA tall building, a mountain, a cloud ... so many options that don't risk lives.