Question To a swimmer under water, objects look blurry. When goggles are worn, however, the images are sharp. Why is this so? Contact with water makes the focal length of the eye change. The swimmer's eyes are adapted to refraction that takes place as light passes from the air into the cornea. The goggles maintain this. The blurriness is caused by the water irritating the swimmer's eyes. The goggles protect the swimmer's eyes. The goggles have a focal length that corrects the vision of the swimme

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To a swimmer under water, objects look blurry. When goggles are worn, however, the images are sharp.

Why is this so?

Contact with water makes the focal length of the eye change.
The swimmer's eyes are adapted to refraction that takes place as light passes from the air into the cornea. The goggles maintain this.
The blurriness is caused by the water irritating the swimmer's eyes. The goggles protect the swimmer's eyes.
The goggles have a focal length that corrects the vision of the swimme
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