Further to this question of "landscape-seeing" from trains
( "landscape-seeing" as in "sight-seeing", only that the sights
happen to be landscapes). Agreed that in our days most of this is
done while in motion, either on a train, a bus or a car and
especially valid when talking of landscape tours. A question that
arises is: can be "appreciate" landscapes that way? I'm not quite
sure of the answers so I'll only sharp the question and leave the
answers for others in this Group.


We all agree in that it is possible to appreciate landscapes while
standing (or,better, seating comfy) in front of them; I assume that
we also agree that the same may be done while on horse or bike or on
a slow moving car. This because the distance we move per minute is
small enough compared to the dimensions of the landscape (as
perceived in our field of vision), so that the same "landscape
picture" can be observed long enough as to form a landscape
experience (a necessary but not sufficient condition for landscape
appreciation). Suppose next that the speed of the car is slowly
increased; is there a speed limit over which we cannot possibly
appreciate a landscape?


Ten (km/h) seems slow enough, twenty is not out of question but, can
we still appreciate when moving at 80 (km/h)? A certain panoramic
view that stretches for 1000 meters will be out of our visual field
in 3 minutes if we are traveling at 20 (km/h) and in one minute while
traveling at 60. Is that time enough? Or should we put it in terms of
frames per second as in movies




















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