(urth) Ansible Interview

[James Wynn]

Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>> That would require some Dali-esque topology, with mountains hovering 
>>> overhead between the solar tube and the valley floor.

Me:
>> Well, the Whorl's topography *is* Dali-esque. And we know that it has 
>> mountains. That's how the Cargo is prevented from reaching the other 
>> portions of the ship.

Jeff:
> What holds the mountains up?

[sigh] Look. There's mountains in the Whorl are just like any other 
mountains. But the axis of mountains are not perpendicular to the Long Sun.

Imagine a mountain and a deep valley on a flat surface with a single light 
source directly overhead. No shadows. Now tip the base toward the valley. 
Suddenly the mountain does not point toward the light source anymore and the 
valley falls into shadow.

This does not take a CAD program to imagine.

J