<p>Hi all:
ok.. so the passage is like this..</p>
<p>...... blah blah blah...
the scene resembles a pod in which ripples move across an untidy ridge of stones-the smooth shape of each ripple is disturbed before reaching the shore. Under the influence of the atmosphere, a star's image will not only drift to and fro, but will also change its brightness from one moment ot the next. Your eyes will reco a smeared, circular blob.</p>
<p>Next paragraph: After a swift yet peaceful journey, the sharp inpoint of light from a distant star reaches Earth's lower atmosphere, where it gets juggled and wiggled and smeared into an oversized blob on the detractor attached to a telescope. </p>
<p>question: the author uses the phrase " yet peaceful (line 25) in order to set up a contrast between the</p>
<p>(c) effects of interstellar space and the effects of Earth's lower atmosphere on starlight</p>
<p>(e) romantic reaction to stars and scientific theories about them</p>
<p>The answer is (c).
OK, I know the sentence is sandwiched between the paragraph on " the effects of interspellar space" and the paragraph describing "earth's lower atmosphere". However, the "after a swift yet peaceful journey" should describe the process illustrated in the preceding paragraph. It is in chronological order, so "swift yet peaceful" should describe the process in the previous paragraph. </p>
<p>why is the answer (c)???</p>