Since leadingedge commented on yesterdays strip, I will follow his lead.About the position of the sun and moon. I once knew a guy, 35 years old who I discovered had never been outside at night where there were no city lights.We were driving through New Mexico on a clear moonles beautiful night. He asked me if the Milky Way was something you could actually see, or was it and imaginary thing like the constellations. I stopped the car and told him to get out and look up.He was completely blown away. Our galaxy put on a good show that night.And talking about the mistakes in art, I once saw a very nice painting of a pioneer farmstead at night. The artist had painted random spots of light for the stars, completely to the horizon. Here in central Texas, cowboy culture is rampant. Artwork regularly shows wagons with drivers on the wrong side, no brakes and the artist has no idea what the running gear looks like. There are wagons all over the place, all the artist has to do is observe.The artists try to depict old tools and implements with disasterous results.
Since leadingedge commented on yesterdays strip, I will follow his lead.About the position of the sun and moon. I once knew a guy, 35 years old who I discovered had never been outside at night where there were no city lights.We were driving through New Mexico on a clear moonles beautiful night. He asked me if the Milky Way was something you could actually see, or was it and imaginary thing like the constellations. I stopped the car and told him to get out and look up.He was completely blown away. Our galaxy put on a good show that night.And talking about the mistakes in art, I once saw a very nice painting of a pioneer farmstead at night. The artist had painted random spots of light for the stars, completely to the horizon. Here in central Texas, cowboy culture is rampant. Artwork regularly shows wagons with drivers on the wrong side, no brakes and the artist has no idea what the running gear looks like. There are wagons all over the place, all the artist has to do is observe.The artists try to depict old tools and implements with disasterous results.