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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

I mean, it's a sunny day FFS!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

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