I thought it was an interesting study in human nature, photography aside. We make assumptions and draw conclusions from what we see, or we parrot what we hear or read, and make statements as if they are indisputable, yet thinking a little harder...
To your question... Where then are the craters from the canon balls that must have landed *off* the road, in the likely softer soil? I would guess they don't really weigh THAT much and were moving at a relatively low velocity. Another alternate explanation could possibly be that the road, being relatively high, slightly sloped and comparatively smooth (less friction), allowed the canon balls to roll to the low point when they hit the road. An object in motion tends to stay in motion. Since they were likely all shot from the same direction and I would guess, at a relatively oblique angle, their momentum might be such to propel them off the road. Still thinking. :-) Tom C. >From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Chicken or Egg Photo Story - NY Times >Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:50:24 -0400 > >I agree. > >BTW, if the balls actually landed on the road & weren't placed there, where >are the craters? > >Kenneth Waller >http://tinyurl.com/272u2f > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Chicken or Egg Photo Story - NY Times > > > > Why is it so interesting? I see nothing that makes any difference to > > anyone but > > a few folks who want to be taken for pundits. The lighting shows that >the > > sun > > was more overhead in the second photo, but if the photographer was into > > faking > > his photos, he could well have lied about the time he took them. It > > reminds me > > of the title to one of Shakespeare's plays, "Much ado about nothing". > > > > > >>> Subject: Chicken or Egg Photo Story - NY Times > >>> > >>> http://tinyurl.com/2oczre > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
