ribuck wrote:Just hold your torch at waist height instead of having it on your head, when walking through fog. If the light source isn't at eye level, the main reflection also won't be at eye level.
madpom wrote:Just use a handheld torch so it's not refelectingg right back into your eyes.
Neo wrote:Knee torches! Or gaiters with LED, go all out with multiple colours and disco mode.
Warin wrote:Fog scatters the light in all directions.
Warin wrote:What matters is not sending light into the fog ... but under it. The lower the beam of light the better.
Orion wrote:Warin wrote:Fog scatters the light in all directions.
Yes, but equally in all directions?
Orion wrote:Warin wrote:What matters is not sending light into the fog ... but under it. The lower the beam of light the better.
How to you convince the fog to lift up off the ground so you can shine a light under it?
Warin wrote:Unless your light bean is 90 degrees to your sight line you get no reduction in returned light from most scattering effects.
Warin wrote:Orion wrote:How to you convince the fog to lift up off the ground so you can shine a light under it?
That is the way fog naturally behaves.
Warin wrote:Fog lights on vehicles have always been mounted low by manufactures and rally car people.
If they worked better higher they would have mounted them there.
Neo wrote:Best I can find for now, a bit over 100g and runs for two to ten hours. Boogie down
https://www.hypop.com.au/products/godox ... -led-light
Orion wrote:Warin wrote:Unless your light bean is 90 degrees to your sight line you get no reduction in returned light from most scattering effects.
Here's a plot of scattered light from natural fog:
Orion wrote:You put too much faith in the decisions of manufacturers and car owners. Here's an alternative hypothesis: fog lights are mounted and directed low to illuminate the road right in front of you and NOT the fog you're trying to otherwise see through.
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