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[–] nulluser@programming.dev 139 points 6 months ago (4 children)

In the photos, the tall, geometric figure reflects the rocky desert and perfectly aligns with the horizon.

Ummmmm, that's the photographer that did that. 🙄

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 49 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tells you everything you need to know about those "journalists".

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

...the department wrote alongside photos of the column. In the photos, the tall, geometric figure reflects the rocky desert and perfectly aligns with the horizon.

Not sure how you would prefer that be phrased? Also, if you can reasonably see the horizon aligned with its reflection, that suggests something to the reader about how it's more or less perpendicular to the ground, rather than slanted (cone/pyramid/etc.).

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

It is like writing about how my children happened to be in my picture next to the grand canyon.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You don't? Or write, "the photographer perfectly aligned the horizon with reflections of the rocky dessert."

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)
[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] juja@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Rocky road …. Take me home …

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 14 points 6 months ago

I think that's covered by, "in the photos."

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

The photographer did that because the horizon appears at eye level for every viewer.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If the mirrors weren’t perfectly straight up the photographer wouldn’t have been able to do that.

Also it literally says “in the photos” so yeah, what do you expect???

[–] nulluser@programming.dev 6 points 6 months ago

It strongly reads to me like the writer is trying to make something mystical/mysterious out of a completely mundane "feature" of mirrors.