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Hideaway
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#89472
by
[z]Barbara Harris
@
21.06.2006 00:00
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Hideaway
Explanation:
Is this a picture of a sunset from Earth's North Pole?
Regardless of
urban legends
circulating the Internet, the answer is no.
The
above scene
was drawn to be an imaginary celestial place that would be calm and peaceful,
and therefore titled Hideaway.
The scene could not exist anywhere on the
Earth
because from the Earth, the
Moon
and the
Sun
always have nearly the same
angular size
.
This is particularly apparent, for example, during
solar eclipses
.
Still, the scene drawn is quite striking, and the crescent part of the "moon"
shown is approximately accurate given the location of the parent star.
In reality, the
North Pole
of Earth
looks different
.
Starting earlier this month, the North Pole even has a
web camera
returning near-live pictures.
Credit & Copyright
zorg.ch
#89536
by
mauten
@
21.06.2006 12:00
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vooool bündig