(urth) Ansible Interview

[Jeff Wilson]

James Wynn wrote:
> 
>> And I should add that even in this unlikely scenario you wouldn't see
>> the shadow from Nightside, you'd see the topside of the overhang.
> <snip>
>> Which shade would be invisible from almost anywhere in the Whorl, even 
>> if shiprock is strong enough to enable such cliffs.
> 
> This premise is only true for areas directly on the other side of the 
> Long Sun. In the cases of areas just on the edge of Nightside (from 
> Silk's perspective, deep in Nightside) the shaded areas would be 
> perfectly visible.
> 
> If you use a compass and ruler you will see that everything I say is so.

Why don't you use a compass and a rule to draw this situation, and 
upload a scan of your drawing so we can literally see what you mean?

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