2020-04-25

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Eragon Group Spork Chapter 45: The Hadarac Desert

Welcome to the Eragon Group Spork, Chapter 45: The Harad Haderach Hadarac Desert


Image (and maths) heavy, sorry.

 

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Next chapter is A Path Revealed, in which we might pray something interesting finally happens.


[EDIT: just after posting this I realised that I had misinterpreted my maths: 33,000 miles is the distance required for the visible portion of the mountains, from top to bottom, to become too small to see because of angular size. Perspective doesn't work in such as way that only a portion of a visible object can fade from view. Maybe a specific point on the mountain peak like a tree or a little house can become too small to fully resolve but you should always be able to see the full object from top to the horizon, regardless of the angular size.

Even though that portion was incorrect, it is still true that Paolini's geography and sense of perspective are way off. There is no geometric or physical reason for only the top of something to "fade from sight" because of the viewing angle, unless it is being physically obstructed from your view, by say clouds.]