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Re: Down In The Doldrums
Sep 17, 2011, 08:57
StoneGloves wrote:
"It took someone using a computer to point out how impossible and illogical that was".

You can't give it up! There's a process which is now known as brainstorming, where you just chuck things out, and see if anything useful comes out. You wouldn't try it with a hostile person - just trying to score points - as that ends discussion and any creative response.

Your GoogleEarth projection is useful for some things but misleading for others. I've seen the summer sunset behind Amos Hill, so please don't tell me it's impossible.

Thom explains his theory as to what he believed this alignment, which was to a fixed star, signified to the prehistoric builders. Sadly can no longer be verified due to precession - unlike the solstice sunsets and sunrises, which can ...




Of course you can see the sun set behind Amos Hill , if you stand right next to it . But it is impossible to see it from the line of stones at Thornhope , which is where you suggested , no matter how much you brainstorm it will never be true .
You don't need GE to work that out .
Precession is easily taken into account and any suggestion can be verified if you ahve a date all it means is that like your sunset you will never be able to see it .
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