xkcd #3253: Sunbeam

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While weather control is typically thought of as a superpower, the unconscious ability of astronomers and astrophotographers to summon clouds is more properly classified as a curse.

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While weather control is typically thought of as a superpower, the unconscious ability of astronomers and astrophotographers to summon clouds is more properly classified as a curse.
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[–] 19 points 5 months ago* (6 children)

A superpower that requires that you remember which hemisphere* of the planet you're on.

In Australia, a window with such a sunbeam is north-facing, not south. The westward moving sun thus takes the sunbeam to the far table.

* Things get real funky if you're on a planet with a severe axial tilt relative to the perpendicular of its orbital plane.

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    requires that you remember which hemisphere of the planet you're on

    Tbf, that's not really asking much.

    Not to brag, but most of the time, I'm even aware of which COUNTRY I'm in!

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Things get real funky if you're on a planet with a severe axial tilt relative to the perpendicular of its orbital plane.

    Oh I hate that. You're wondering long mind in your own business and then suddenly, Uranus

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