You have better peripheral vision on low render distance
I noticed this for quite some time now, I just now though to report it as a bug. You seem to be able to see further out when looking away from what you are trying to see. So, as you can see in the screenshots, I cannot see the stream of lava when facing it, but when I look away, I can see it just fine.
2014-02-14, 11:24 PM
2014-03-02, 12:55 PM
2014-03-02, 12:55 PM
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Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 14w05b, Minecraft 14w06b, Minecraft 14w07a
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