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I just rode home from work last night (Boston - NH). It is a fifty mile commute. It started to rain lightly before I head out but it soon developed into a downpour.
It was tough going, mainly because of the lack of vision. I found it hard to see because of the rain for one thing. But, the other things were all lights, whether they were behind me, in front of me as well as the headlights from the other side of the highway or even street lights were blinding. Another dilema was my night glasses got fogged for more than half of the trip. I couldn't clear them up. Even when I lifted my chin up and tilted my head back. I also tried seperating them from my face but the rain got in and it felt like pebbles into my eyeballs. That was my first night out in the rain and I am not looking forward to another one anytime soon.
My question here is why is the light so blinding? I noticed a lot of glare coming off of the steets, from the light source, having the effect of expanding the light. But, there's got to be more to it than that.
Can one of you veterans of the road explain this phenomenon to me?
It was tough going, mainly because of the lack of vision. I found it hard to see because of the rain for one thing. But, the other things were all lights, whether they were behind me, in front of me as well as the headlights from the other side of the highway or even street lights were blinding. Another dilema was my night glasses got fogged for more than half of the trip. I couldn't clear them up. Even when I lifted my chin up and tilted my head back. I also tried seperating them from my face but the rain got in and it felt like pebbles into my eyeballs. That was my first night out in the rain and I am not looking forward to another one anytime soon.
My question here is why is the light so blinding? I noticed a lot of glare coming off of the steets, from the light source, having the effect of expanding the light. But, there's got to be more to it than that.
Can one of you veterans of the road explain this phenomenon to me?