That's fair! I was just very excited when I finally got high enough to get a really good glide going, and spent far too long in a yellow soup until I got low enough to see where I was.
There are places even high up where the fog isn't too thick, but even so, distant objects will always be hazy and indistinct.
(And case you were wondering, you press space to zoom the binoculars. I'd forgotten and was so surprised when I accidentally rediscovered it, I figured I would point that out.)