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[–]CreditKnifeMan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That doesn't explain the demonstrably differing angles of the solar rays; converging on the sun, which is not at or near the horizon.
These rays aren't shadowed.

Also the "paint of origin" isn't a point. It's a giant ball of radiating light in the sky.

There should be 0.00 degrees of angle between rays from a source that is 90 million miles away.

Why aren't there more scientific articles dedicated to this?

It doesn't make sense.

[–]JasonCarswellPlatinum Foil Fedora 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Perspective.

[–]Yin 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

^

Anything seemingly "parallel" will appear very different (not parallel) if you're viewing it at position of one of the ends, then add in much of it being shadowed/blocked. The difference the side image shows (in the article) is a good example of the other perspective that makes it look logical. The small portion of light emanating from the sun that hits the tiny speck that is Earth wouldn't exactly be parallel (light would be both converging and diverging at the points it's hitting Earth, I assume), although it's close enough considering the vast distance.

/u/CreditKnifeMan