Sailors could claim the distribution of islands in the ocean is both homogeneous and isotropic (as far as they can see) if
A) the only large islands are nearby, but small ones can be found near the horizon.
B) there are islands of varying sizes all around the horizon, but none near the sailors.
C) there are the same number of islands in every direction, but islands in one direction are bigger than in any other direction.
D) they can see islands in one direction, but not in other directions.
E) the average numbers, distances, and sizes of islands are the same in all directions.
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