When you look out the window of a car that is traveling 60 mph, close objects appear __________.
A) to be moving faster than far ones
B) to be moving slower than far ones
C) to be moving at the same speed as far ones
D) to be stationary and the far ones appear to be moving in the opposite direction of the car

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This phenomenon is due to motion parallax, where objects closer to the observer appear to move faster than those further away when observed from a moving viewpoint, such as a car.

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