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The atmosphere affect visibility in many ways.

The atmosphere can at places and occasions be rich in water, dust, minerals and various gases that are in a higher concentration than normal.

This in combination with pressure shifts affect clarity, color and visibility.

Pressure shifts can slightly enlarge, minimize or otherwise distort the view.

Not always visible by the human eye, but in high resolution imagery of the sky, this is a factor that is payed great attention to. Mostly why high tech observatories are placed on high mountain grounds where there is less atmosphere.

When studying galaxies far away, this visual distortion by the atmosphere calls for equipment placed in outer space instead.

Water and various gases in the atmosphere causes the light to split up and it changes colour as well as it distorts.

Dust... Well.. It is not easy to see clearly very far in a sandstorm is it.

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