ext_63737: Posing at Zeusaphone concert, 2008 (Erichsen WSH portrait)
ext_63737 ([identity profile] beamjockey.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2012-09-25 04:48 pm (UTC)

Although if you were staring right into that star at the top, it might be kind of hard to see the galactic nucleus beside it, let alone the delicate traceries of the spiral arms.

Ditto for the reflected starlight seen, along with a reflection of the star, in the domes.

Also, would the domes gleam in that way if the dome were between the star and the observer? Seems like you'd have to have the light source behind you to see a gleam at all. But we can't rule out the possibility of an extra sun, or other light source, not directly visible in the picture. After all, the side of the spaceship shadowed by the bright star is still clearly visible, not plunged into blackness.

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