Hi Bill and All, I was also one that could not figure out how he got the figure 8 analemma. He did have a watch with Her picture in it -- but was it working? I had problems with the following two other scenes.
(1) At the start of the movie, along the country Texas road the fence posts gave very long shadows -- I leaned to my wife jokingly and said "about 1 hour to sunset (or from sunrise)" Then when the FedEx van reaches the house the name over the entrance gave a very short shadow -- about noon time. Did it take 5-6 hours drive down that road from the intersection? I know Texas is big -- but not that big. (2) In the cave the shape of the hole went over his face. But light rays come into the cave in parallel lines -- so the shadow should be as large as the hole not as small as his eye/nose. I am glad I am not the only one who notices such things. Warren Thom -- Where we can see the shadow moving back after touching the winter solstice line. (42N 88W) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I saw "Cast Away" last week, and had a question about sudials and the movie. > After Tom Hanks has spent several years on a desolate island, he constructs > an impressive analemma from a thin beam of light that enters his cave, > complete with days of the months. This would not be hard, if he had a > working watch, but I don't think he did. So, my question is, is this just > Hollywood chicanery, or is it really a possible thing to do? Bill G. (I > need to know, in case my plane goes down in the south Pacific some day).
