Starting to get perspective

 Think I'm improving.....

Off to the North Pole in a few days time - like you do - well Svalbard. So going to try my hand at sketching 'on-the-fly'........ if there is any light that is. :O

Not London Bridge

 2nd attempt - still need to work on perspective.....

Sketching - I like this one.

 OK- gave up on photography for now. Wasn't floating my boat, click,  bin, click, bin.....

So having a go at combining it with sketching. We I am finding very theraputic.  

Here is the first attempt.

Room for improvement - I know ...... need to sort out persectives better, an not rely totally on my 'eye'.

A go at photography then.

 Calm after the storm.....recent visit to Porthmadog.

Retirement activities proposed by Gemini

 Here are some fun retirement projects:

* **Travel:** Explore new places, cultures, and cuisines.

* **Volunteer:** Give back to your community and help others.

* **Learn a new skill:** Take up a new hobby or learn a new language.

* **Start a business:** Turn your passion into a profitable venture.

* **Write a book:** Share your stories and experiences with the world.

* **Take up a sport:** Get active and stay healthy.

* **Spend time with family and friends:** Cherish your loved ones.

* **Relax and enjoy life:** Take some time for yourself to relax and recharge.

Well I can sign up to the last point for a while!

Paradoxically Olbers paradox

 

This is a typical photo of an Egyptian temple representation of the night sky. 

Whats so strange about it?

Given what I have seen in our recent visits to Egyptian temples and their ability to undertake detailed observations and then represent them in fine carvings and story telling, I find it strange in the extreme that the best  they could do with representation of the night sky is effectively a blanket of starfish like stars.

No constellations, no 'brighter' stars, no Moon? It's effectively a night sky completely full of stars. Wherever you look there is a star. Exactly what Olbers paradox is all about - why is the night sky dark - if, in an infinite universe filled with stars, why would you not see a star wherever you looked? Essentially the night sky would then be bright!

Of course we now have an explanation for the night sky being dark - see Wikipedia Olbers paradox, for a start. Short answer is a finite universe and red shifted star light because it is also expanding. Well at least thats what we think at the moment.

So maybe those 👽 weren't so clever after all.....or maybe they know something we don't!

Again, I thought that was going to be it on the Egyptian front, but looking at these night sky depictions has raised another issue.....

Ancient Egyptian quantum experimentation

Following on from the previous post on wave-particle duality in ancient Egypt, what about this one.

 Evidence of a Youngs slit experiment in the Dendera Temple of Hathor. The photo clearly illlustrates both the particle (triangles running down from the slit) and 'waves' (running up from slit and depicted as as ripples in a sea of stars). 

Why is all this physics in the Temple of Hathor? Well clearly she was also a physicist - doing wave-particle duality experiments, being the personification of the Milky Way and the 'Lady of the Stars'.

 

Well this is all food for thought. 

The Temple alone is phenominal and the artwork sublime but the level of language and story depiction is out of this world. Must be.....👽

I've just noticed something else of interest, thought this was going to be my final post on Ancient Egyptian physics, but I think there is something else......