#2849: Under the Stars

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[Megan and Cueball are sitting in a field of green grass while looking at the clear blue sky, the grass beneath them slightly moving throughout the comic.]

Megan: I love sitting out under the stars.

[Megan and Cueball look at eachother while sitting on the field.]

Cueball: ...It's daytime.

Megan: Yeah, but the stars are all still up there.

[Megan and Cueball look back at the sky, the sun enters the panel from the right, moving left.]

Megan: Constellations wheel overhead; they're just painted over with blue.

Megan: Every sky is full of stars.

[Megan and Cueball are still looking at the sky, the sun exits the panel through the left.]

Cueball: That's somehow terrifying.

Megan: It's okay—just look at that sunny sky and tell yourself space isn't real.

Megan: "Daytime" is us closing our eyes and pretending it makes infinity go away.

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:If you live in Los Angeles (around 33°52'N, roughly the latitude of Hermosa Beach) the black hole in V404 Cygni passes over you each day. On Christmas Day it will be directly overhead around 2pm.


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