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nigelswift Nov 24, 2004 01:04:02
Replying to jimit

Yes, Waden hides Falkners. I agree that it's safer to speculate in terms of visibility as the simplest and most natural motivation, rather than lines on a map per se. It's easy to get tempted though - e.g. Alan's 2 lines not only meet at Silbaby but do so at a pretty accurate right angle...

I did notice, when on top of Silbaby, that as well as being able to see the other monuments, it provided a sort of grandstand view of WKLB, much clearer than from anywhere else.

S Steve Gray
Steve Gray Nov 24, 2004 02:50:04
Replying to nigelswift

It's not too hard to create an alignment even if line of sight is not available. Get yourself up ontop of Waden with a nice straight stick. Find a point where Silbaby and WKLB are lined up and lay your stick on the ground pointing towards them. Go to the other end of the stick and look along it. Using hand signals, guide a distant observer left or right until he's in alignment with the stick and he'll then be in alignment with Silbaby and WKLB even though he can't see them.

You can also do it at night by using a star or the moon. Set up a beacon on top of Waden so that it's in line with Silbaby and WKLB. Wait for a suitable star to appear in the same alignment and then light the beacon. A distant observer can align himself with the star and the beacon. No EVD's aliens needed.