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tiompan Aug 18, 2017 14:29:18
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
There's a huge difference between "pointing at" the sunset (which the horse clearly doesn't) and facing or looking into the sunset.
From the paper “gives the impression of the figure following a broadly east–west route. “ Does not following equate with pointing ?
Similarly " the horse appears to be galloping along the ridge in a westerly direction, toward the sunset."
Is "galloping along " any different to pointing ?
We know and you accept that it is not facing west (in fact it's not facing any sunset) ,all that is left is the mistaken "impression " and "appears " .
From the horse , given clear skies , you can face every sun set and sun rise on every day of the year , so what ? it is meaningless .

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 18, 2017 16:34:05
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
From the horse , given clear skies , you can face every sun set and sun rise on every day of the year , so what ? it is meaningless .
But why are you assuming the intention is to be looking "from the horse".

The view of the horse is far better appreciated from a distance, from the vale below. I don't think it matters what you can see from the horse. What matters is what you can see when viewing the horse from its optimum position (i.e. from a distance). And from a distance, the head of the horse is on the right, as will the setting sun be from the point of a viewer looking towards the horse from the vale.

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