We’re far enough away from the sun that the lights rays we receive from it are for all practical purposes parallel; raising the hat would not make it cast a wider shadow.* Reflection and diffusion can cause a sun shadow to become indistinct around the edges as the intervening object recedes (technical term: penumbra), but an airplane will cast an airplane-sized shadow on the ground regardless of its altitude.
The effect shown here indicates suggests light source at the point where the two lines indicating the edges of the shadows meet, about two feet above the hat (where the <drawing of the sun is, but not the actual sun). Chalk it up to cartoon physics, I guess…
*When the sun is low you may of course cast a longer shadow, but it will be no wider.
danketaz Premium Member over 1 year ago
Amazing how she managed to find a working angle for the hat, without using math.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member over 1 year ago
This must be one of those rare old English definitions for “working hard” that nobody uses any more.
Calvinist1966 over 1 year ago
Nancy has helped Sluggo.
Decepticomic over 1 year ago
Nancy’s looking pretty shady.
oakie817 over 1 year ago
good one
Chris over 1 year ago
well, she provided shade for both of them. :J
VICTOR PROULX over 1 year ago
Seascape by Jaimes
LOLBeth over 1 year ago
That Nancy IS a clever girl.
ChucklinChuck over 1 year ago
I like everything about today’s strip. Especially the artwork. Can’t recall an Olivia strip I liked more. Well done.
fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago
We’re far enough away from the sun that the lights rays we receive from it are for all practical purposes parallel; raising the hat would not make it cast a wider shadow.* Reflection and diffusion can cause a sun shadow to become indistinct around the edges as the intervening object recedes (technical term: penumbra), but an airplane will cast an airplane-sized shadow on the ground regardless of its altitude.
The effect shown here indicates suggests light source at the point where the two lines indicating the edges of the shadows meet, about two feet above the hat (where the <drawing of the sun is, but not the actual sun). Chalk it up to cartoon physics, I guess…
*When the sun is low you may of course cast a longer shadow, but it will be no wider.
jrankin1959 over 1 year ago
A little more to your left, Nancy…
JoshHere over 1 year ago
Nancy possesses a remarkable flair for fashion. Look at her ensemble, Haute couture
tad1 over 1 year ago
Clever. :)