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by MAB
Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:02 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Graceful Arc (2009 Dec 25)
Replies: 30
Views: 5530

Re: A Graceful Arc (2009 Dec 25)

I think the image is better that way. In reality, the horizon is not horizontal at this location- the mountain range is distant at the left and gets closer as it moves to the right, with the foreground valley low and distant to the left and high and near to the right. To me, this is aesthetically p...
by MAB
Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:40 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Graceful Arc (2009 Dec 25)
Replies: 30
Views: 5530

Re: A Graceful Arc (2009 Dec 25)

Actually, my biggest "problem" with this image, from an artistic perspective (the author claims it's fiction after all and makes a point about what art should be) is that the horizon is not horizontal. It was the first thing I noticed. More even than the also obvious difference in hue and ...