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nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 29 2019, 18:13 The mathematical surface formed by two intersecting cylinders - or tubes, to justify my posting it here    - is hard to picture but quite pleasing once an image is displayed. Interestingly, its form is present, if only partially, in lots of architecture, notably the Thames Barrier. It's as though London is silently paying tribute to Tubular Bells! Back to top

omgmo Group: Members Posts: 148 Joined: Mar. 2018 Posted: Dec. 01 2019, 03:40 Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Dec. 01 2019, 06:05 Yes. For some reason the shaded area creates the illusion of concavity for me, much as the early photos of Mars' craters looked convex rather than concave. Back to top

omgmo Group: Members Posts: 148 Joined: Mar. 2018 Posted: Dec. 02 2019, 20:23 A trick of the light? Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Dec. 03 2019, 06:15 Ha ha, I guess that was a hard one to resist. Personally I think it's a question of LIGHT AND SHADE   Back to top

omgmo Group: Members Posts: 148 Joined: Mar. 2018 Posted: Dec. 03 2019, 08:25 even more accurate... Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: Dec. 03 2019, 10:56 Could just be a Moonlight Shadow Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Dec. 03 2019, 17:17 Oh, Jungle Gardenia (you won that one   ) Back to top

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