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Old February 26th 14, 07:16 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Don Johnstone[_4_]
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Default Tales of being distracted by scenery and/or euphoria while soaring

At 17:35 26 February 2014, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:53:05 AM UTC-5, kirk.stant wrote:
On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 10:25:50 AM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
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Dude... Stop smoking that stuff!

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Dude, don't bogart that joint!


That would be "Easy Flyer"? But seriously, I don't partake in mind
alterin=
g substances, prescription or OTC drugs, and I have no documented
neurologi=
cal impairment.

To complete the picture, lift topped out at 6000 MSL that day, so this

was
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not hypoxia-induced euphoria (and hypoxia tends to dull color
perception?).=
And 50% of my field of vision that day was brilliant orange foliage, so
t=
here might have been some sort of retinal over-stimulation, or after
image.=
A shift in color perception is a well known trait of euphoria,

something
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to do with brain chemistry, adrenaline, serotonin levels etc.. And I
shoul=
d clarify that I have never seen any leprechauns on the wingtips (maybe

if
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I flew on March 17th?).


Just as a matter of interest what colour lens do you have in your
sunglasses?