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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This is the first comic in a [[:Category:ISS Solar Transit|two | + | This is the first comic in a [[:Category:ISS Solar Transit|two comic series]], released during the same week on Monday and Friday. This comic thus continues in [[1830: ISS Solar Transit 2]]. |
[[Cueball]] is trying to take a photograph of the {{w|International Space Station}} moving in front of the sun ([https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/international-space-station-transits-the-sun example]). He has his camera with a long lens set up with a fixed setting to keep it still while he contemplates the best way to get the photographs he wants. | [[Cueball]] is trying to take a photograph of the {{w|International Space Station}} moving in front of the sun ([https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/international-space-station-transits-the-sun example]). He has his camera with a long lens set up with a fixed setting to keep it still while he contemplates the best way to get the photographs he wants. | ||
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The title text is pointing out that the sunlit side of the moon is also in direct sunlight, which is why we are able to see it, and so "direct sunlight" would actually be the correct setting in this case. | The title text is pointing out that the sunlit side of the moon is also in direct sunlight, which is why we are able to see it, and so "direct sunlight" would actually be the correct setting in this case. | ||
− | It is the second comic within a week where Cueball is using a camera, similar to the one he used in [[1719: Superzoom]]. The previous comic was [[1826: Birdwatching]] | + | It is the second comic within a week where Cueball is using a camera, similar to the one he used in [[1719: Superzoom]]. The previous comic was [[1826: Birdwatching]] two comics before this one. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Two half height panels above each others follow. The first shows an image of the very orange sun on a black background, as seen through the camera.] | :[Two half height panels above each others follow. The first shows an image of the very orange sun on a black background, as seen through the camera.] | ||
− | :[The second of the two half height panels shows Cueball making further adjustments | + | :[The second of the two half height panels shows Cueball making further adjustments tot he camera, as in the first panel.] |
:Cueball: Perfect. Hmm, I should set the white balance. | :Cueball: Perfect. Hmm, I should set the white balance. | ||
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:Incandescent | :Incandescent | ||
:Fluorescent | :Fluorescent | ||
− | : | + | :Direct sunlight |
:Flash | :Flash | ||
:Cloudy | :Cloudy |