The long-winded answer is "yes."

Clear Skies

Chuck Taylor
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Try the Lunar Observing Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lunar-observing/
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"newb" wrote in message
news:_70Ib.93445$pY.33684@fed1read04...
The past weekend we were in the San Diego deserts and camped at a place
called Agua Caliente. It has natural hot springs in an area of about 10
acres or so. The temperature in the area is 10F warmer than the
surroundning
areas. The images in the scope were very distorted by what looked like
heat
waves.

My question is, could the distortion have been caused by viewing from this
'warmer' area?

Thanks,
Marc