Re: [lojban] star (shape)

[MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com>]

Kszysztof, do you think the reason is that people see spikes coming out of the sun? 
My guess is that they just want to show that the light and heat come from the sun, not that they actually see such a thing. IOW, it's a convention. Same for stars. 

stevo

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Krzysztof Sobolewski <jezuch@interia.pl> wrote:

Dnia środa, 15 kwietnia 2015 10:46:25 MorphemeAddict pisze:
> Then I must have weird eyes, because I don't see them that way.
> And photographs do show points on stars, especially very bright ones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffraction_spike

OTOH, I guess there must be a reason for this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Sun_%28%C3%89glise_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_de_Larbey%29.jpg
and this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Vergina_sun.svg
and this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/RKPsolarsymbol03.png
and this:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Flag_of_New_Mexico.svg
and...
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