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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by MY TELESCOPE'S IMAGING SENSOR. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | The {{w|hashtag}} #nofilter is | + | The {{w|hashtag}} #nofilter is used on photo sharing sites, especially Instagram, to humblebrag about having encountered situations so photogenic that no further image enhancement ("{{w|Photographic filter|filter}}") is required to prepare them for general advertisement. |
− | + | In this comic, the hashtag is instead used to cap off an image about the predicament of the poster, where lacking proper filtering equipment has led to damage or decay of personal property. | |
− | + | The caption below the panel refers to [https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/11/20958727/mercury-transit-sun-planet-nasa-astronomy the transit of the planet Mercury across the Sun] on November 11, 2019 (the date of the publication of this comic), which appeared from Earth as a small black dot moving against the background of the Sun. Viewing the transit requires a {{w|Astronomical filter|special lens filter}} to prevent the intense light from the Sun from burning out a telescope's imaging sensor. This kind of filter is slightly different from a photographic filter, especially in the context of Instagram, as image filters on Instagram are applied digitally after the image has been acquired, whereas a real astronomical filter is placed in front of a telescope (or elsewhere in the optical path) to absorb light before it reaches the sensor and is converted to digital data. | |
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+ | The title text refers to a different meaning of the word "filter"; it imagines a swimming pool growing {{w|Algae|green scum}} in the absence of a {{w|Swimming_pool_sanitation#Private_pool_filtration|water filter}}, as opposed to a photographic filter. | ||
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+ | [[Randall]] has made comics about solar transits before, albeit about the transit of the International Space Station, in [[1828: ISS Solar Transit]] and [[1830: ISS Solar Transit 2]]. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Panel showing the sun partially obscured by clouds | + | :[Panel showing the sun partially obscured by clouds. The image is very bright and blown out, obscuring most of the surface detail of the sun. A small black dot, most likely Mercury, is visible in the upper-right part of the sun's image.] |
− | :[Caption below panel | + | :[Caption below panel:] |
− | + | |This photo of the transit of Mercury fried my telescope's imaging sensor [Unhappy Smiley] #nofilter | |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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