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did the transcript, but the explanation seems a bit daunting [[User:GreyFox|GreyFox]] ([[User talk:GreyFox|talk]]) 15:32, 1 June 2026 (UTC)<br />
: You beat me to the punch! Very fast editing. And I agree, the explanation seems a little too out of reach for my knowledge base. Most likely explanation is that Astrophotography requires the knowledge of how the sun moves in relative to the Earth to take good photos, but that's just my guess. [[Special:Contributions/66.154.219.128|66.154.219.128]] 15:35, 1 June 2026 (UTC)<br />
:: yeah, i tried to be fast; thanks for fixing the caption for me btw. searching astrophotography on wikipedia didnt really help much; lets wait for another more <s>nerdy</s> experienced user to get that done [[User:GreyFox|GreyFox]] ([[User talk:GreyFox|talk]]) 15:48, 1 June 2026 (UTC)<br />
::: No problem. [[Special:Contributions/66.154.219.128|66.154.219.128]] 16:11, 1 June 2026 (UTC)<br />
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Can we deduce that the comic takes place in the northern hemisphere? {{unsigned|184.174.152.128|15:35, 1 June 2026}}<br />
: That was my surface-level interpretation too, that this must be a Southern-facing window in the Northern hemisphere, since the East-West axis (the line that the light will travel along) is roughly parallel to the wall, and the light will pivot to the East (left) as the Sun moves West? [[User:SomeDee|SomeDee]] ([[User talk:SomeDee|talk]]) 15:52, 1 June 2026 (UTC)<br />
:: Either that, or Cueball is wrong: on the southern hemisphere the sun still "moves" from east to west, but north of the observer. If this was the southern hemisphere, the sun beam would thus move towards the far table. [[Special:Contributions/2001:67C:2564:AB0C:1C57:EB42:6C3F:FD47|2001:67C:2564:AB0C:1C57:EB42:6C3F:FD47]] 16:02, 1 June 2026 (UTC)<br />
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The sun could be reflecting off a nearby building, which would mess things up a bit. [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210|64.201.132.210]] 16:17, 1 June 2026 (UTC)<br />
:Judging by the style of window, this is most likely near an older part of town or a more suburban area, where there are very few skyscrapers with reflective windows and a lot of wood and brick and mortar buildings, so I think that this is unlikely. [[Special:Contributions/66.154.219.128|66.154.219.128]] 16:31, 1 June 2026 (UTC)<br />
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Hang on, Randall got this wrong. Astrophotography (as defined by the Wikipedia page, the link is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophotography) is the act of taking pictures of the night sky... where there is no sun. An error on his part? [[Special:Contributions/66.154.219.128|66.154.219.128]] 16:21, 1 June 2026 (UTC)<br />
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Based on the title text, I'm guessing the joke is that because he said there will be sun, there will instead be clouds. His superpower is presumably summoning clouds. [[Special:Contributions/2607:FB91:17EC:E4FE:AD3:E858:6B10:E3E1|2607:FB91:17EC:E4FE:AD3:E858:6B10:E3E1]] 16:31, 1 June 2026 (UTC)</div>2607:FB91:17EC:E4FE:AD3:E858:6B10:E3E1