tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post3454042689886860567..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: The Ascension and the Total Perspective VortexWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-87451691855081234082014-06-01T12:52:57.060+01:002014-06-01T12:52:57.060+01:00Good post, except that the (average) distance to t...Good post, except that the (average) distance to the moon is about 384,000 km (239,000 mi) so that light takes a little over a second to get here from the moon. It's important to get the details right in the illustrations or some pedant in the audience/readership will spend the whole time fuming about the inaccuracy and so miss the point being illustrated (c.f. that song which refers to a lighthouse).<br /><br />I am that pedant.David Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16083205686812792969noreply@blogger.com