For those who don’t know, Martian solar eclipses suck compared to ours. The near equal relative size of the sun and moon to Earth is why we get such awesome eclipses.
Perks of having a planet-sized object slam into your planet during its Hadean Eon.
Wife: “Does this dress make me look fat?” Me, a discerning scientist: “You’re just not very aesthetically constructed.”
Especially after we sent our space marines there to kill all those demons.
Since our moon is moving away from us we’ll have these sorts of eclipses in the future. The fact that we’re living at a time when they’re the same apparent size is pretty amazing.
Imagine eclipses in the very early ages of life on land. It would be like Pitch Black.
OK but it’s pretty cool that the moon is just far enough and just the right size relative to Earth and the sun to give us all those rad eclipses.
EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.
I read somewhere that this phenomenon is so unlikely that if we ever need to represent our planet in an intergalactic context, the solar eclipse would be a good candidate for a symbol to put on a flag [citation needed]
I’m down and anyone who isn’t hasn’t seen a total eclipse yet. I saw my first one last year and by the time it finally came up I was starting to be a little fed up of hearing about it and slightly skeptical about how big of a deal it was. Then the day came, it got dark in a way my senses were not ready for and finally Totality happened, I saw the diamond ring with my own eyes and I lost my marbles at how fucking deeply existential this moment felt. 10/10 would watch again
I’m in the UK so didn’t see the last one but during the previous one I found looking around at the darkness and observing how all the birds went quiet was a bigger deal than the actual eclipse of the sun. I mean that was still really cool, but the dark and stillness was uncanny.
EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.
You mean a Loonie.
SMH.
You’re right I should use the scientific names for things in this community.
Americans are insane. I don’t want to stereotype, but who the fuck needs a burger the size of a car?
Is flat earth still a thing? I haven’t been hearing as much about it lately but maybe people just stopped caring.
I do wonder how long a movement that can be easily disproven by literally anyone can sustain itself. I mean sure, the true believers will stay but if anyone can go out and confirm the roundness of the earth themselves it makes it a bit tough to keep people who are on the fence…
You haven’t heard as much from them because they are being drowned out by MAGAs. Though, TBF, the overlap between flat earthers and MAGAs is pretty large.
Don’t forget sovcits. I’m hearing more about them now and less about flat earth.
Sovcits are… interesting.
There’s an aspect of their philosophy that I get. Like there is a sort of magical incantation they say and proof you’re immune from the law.
That’s sort of how courts work. We’re all about precedence, making sure that court rulings from before are applied fairly and equally. Knowing these rulings and how to apply them seems like magic to those of us who aren’t attorneys.
And all law and court rulings are text that you can read, right? So anyone should be able to read and recite them, right?
I sort of agree with the logic in the sense that I absolutely hate how any court action almost requires the services of an attorney. No matter how right you are, you still have to spend money to prove it in court.
But the nonsense of not paying any taxes or not being held responsible for your actions…that is where I draw the line.
There’s actually a trip to Antarctica to see the midnight sun funded by globe earthers planned soon. Many flat earthers were invited, but most have chickened out and the rest are hedging their positions with “24 hour sun doesn’t mean anything, even if we see it, it doesn’t matter”.
actually the part that i am scratching my head at is the sevenfold brighter bit.
I was curious about this too. From random web searching (Syfy.com), the sun is 200,000 times brighter than the moon in the visible light region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
I know human perception is logarithmic. I’m interested why it was thought it was 7x brighter. “Sevenfold as the seven days in one” it seems?
I was surprised to see that they dug a verse from the Book of Enoch. It’s not even considered to be canon within Christianity or Judaism.
