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MESSAGE THE MODERATORS Nightmode Normal a community for 15 years MODERATORS * message the mods discussions in r/space <> X 19.0k * 1016 comments [_HgIuDOn] Realistic size and distance between The Andromeda Galaxy and Milky Way 901 * 38 comments [NKn75jwr] The artwork made by 8 years old Ukrainian girl is placed on the rocket Europe is sending to Jupiter. #esajuice 123k * 3367 comments [J_Ae4aga] I teamed up with a fellow redditor to try and capture the most ridiculously detailed image of the entire sun we could. The result was a whopping 140 megapixels, and features a solar "tornado" over 14 Earths tall. This is a crop from the full image, make sure you zoom in! 1098 * 18 comments [8LBNdwtj] A hyper-coloured painting of an Atlas V launch that I finished last week, I thought you guys might enjoy it on your Pics allowed Sunday. 729 * 16 comments [YPeeQMhc] Milky Way, 12 minutes of exposure with a basic DSLR camera from southern skies. Untracked 1770 * 25 comments [1XBov3jE] The image was created by shots photographer Jon Carmichael took while flying at 39,000 feet on a Southwest flight from Portland, Oregon, to St. Louis. Credit: Jon Carmichael 393 * 14 comments [6itr18uS] 0:37 Incredible Aurora Explodes at 30 Seconds 6308 * 139 comments [AdQVPC3i] My camera setup on the International Space station. More details in comments. 488 * 6 comments [8A4JamhZ] aurora from Fairbanks, Alaska last Thursday night 4376 * 63 comments [HTnWDC-p] 3 years ago I built this telescope in my parents' garage. It's since shown me supernovae, comets, 3 dwarf planets and been looked through by thousands of other people. Welcome to Reddit, the front page of the internet. Become a Redditor and join one of thousands of communities. x 123k 123k 123k [J_Ae4aga] image/gifI teamed up with a fellow redditor to try and capture the most ridiculously detailed image of the entire sun we could. The result was a whopping 140 megapixels, and features a solar "tornado" over 14 Earths tall. This is a crop from the full image, make sure you zoom in!OC (i.redd.it) submitted 23 hours ago by ajamesmccarthy[Superheart][wa987k0p4v] [iext7ma37m]6[p4yzxkaed5]13[SnooClappi][Faith_in_H][SnooClappi]4 [b9ks3a5k7j]3[ConfettiBa][gold_48]22[platinum_4]10[Animated_H]3 [5nswjpyy44][Starstruck][silver_48]2[2juh333m40][fck3iedi2u]2 [Mithril_48][61coaovxc4][klvxk1wggf][45aeu8mzvs]2[v1mxw8i6wn]2 [kjpl76213u][EndlessCoo][is5pmddd7m][Rocket_48]14[12kz7a7j4v] [Illuminati]9[35d17tf5e5]4& 90 more * 3367 comments * share * save * hide * report [bbxyjafqzypa1] top 200 commentsshow 500 sorted by: best topnewcontroversialoldrandomq&alive (beta) [ ] Want to add to the discussion? Post a comment! Create an account [-]Irv93 [score hidden] 22 hours ago (236 children) Wow. This is by far the best looking picture of the sun that I have ever seen. Great work. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]ajamesmccarthy[S] [score hidden] 21 hours ago*[Illuminati] [8ad2jffncl] (140 children) Thank you! Edit: for those curious about how this was done, here's some more info about the picture from my comment below: To see the uncropped image or a timelapse of the "tornado" (actually just a large solar prominence" check out this twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1638648459002806272?s=20 This image is a fusion from the minds of two astrophotographers, Myself and u/thevastreaches. The combined data from over 90,000 individual images captured with a modified telescope last Friday was jointly processed to reveal the layers of intricate details within the solar chromosphere. A geometrically altered image of the 2017 eclipse as an artistic element in this composition to display an otherwise invisible structure. Great care was taken to align the two atmospheric layers in a scientifically plausible way using NASA's SOHO data as a reference. The final image is the most detailed and dynamic full image of our star either of us have ever created. A blend of science and art, this image is a one-of-a kind astrophoto, as the ever-changing sun will never quite look like this again. If you're curious how I take these sorts of images, I have a write-up on my website. Check it out here: https://cosmicbackground.io/blogs/ learn-about-how-these-are-captured/capturing-our-star DO NOT attempt to look at the sun through your telescope. You could seriously damage your eyes. See more of Jason's work here: https://www.instagram.com/ thevastreaches/ See more of my work here: https://www.instagram.com/cosmic_background / * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]FolsgaardSE [score hidden] 20 hours ago (35 children) Mind sharing details on the kind of equipment you took to gather the data * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]skinnah [score hidden] 19 hours ago (19 children) Walmart telescope with a couple pairs of sunglasses on the lenses. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]jeanwearinfool [score hidden] 18 hours ago (3 children) You can just say "super fancy equipment". * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]prestigious_delay_7 [score hidden] 7 hours ago (0 children) If this were r/woodworking: "Everyone says just use your sunglasses or your lenses to take a picture of the sun. Are we made of money???" * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]badreef [score hidden] 19 hours ago (3 children) And the bottom of an empty Budweiser bottle. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (3 replies) load more comments (11 replies) [-]Zero-89 [score hidden] 16 hours ago (8 children) A cardboard box propped up with a stick, with a carrot underneath to lure the data in. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (8 replies) load more comments (6 replies) [-]foundmonster [score hidden] 20 hours ago (27 children) Where can I download the original? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]razep- [score hidden] 8 hours ago (10 children) It is not possible to download the sun. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]familar-scientest47 [score hidden] 6 hours ago (1 child) Chuck Norris could - ask him. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]reubenbubu [score hidden] 6 hours ago (0 children) the sun would upload itself to chuck norris * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (8 replies) load more comments (16 replies) [+]thebinarysystem10 [score hidden] 19 hours ago (0 children) In terms of Reddit and solor photography, this is one of the best pictures I have ever seen. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]AccordingIy [score hidden] 19 hours ago (25 children) Stupid question but is the sun actually this yellow or an estimation. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]killinghorizon [score hidden] 17 hours ago (13 children) If we were above the atmosphere, say on the International Space Station and looked at the sun (through our filtered visor), the sun would appear white! Why? Because though the sun emits strongest in the green part of the spectrum, it also emits strongly in all the visible colors - red through blue (400nm to 600nm). Our eyes which have three color cone cell receptors, report to the brain that each color receptor is completely saturated with significant colors being received at all visible wavelengths. Our brains then integrate these signals into a perceived white color. -https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/what-color-sun * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Time_Terminal [score hidden] 16 hours ago (0 children) You just blew my mind. Thanks for the link!!! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]rando-2167 [score hidden] 9 hours ago (7 children) Great explanation! What really trips me out is the fact that our brain has never actually "seen" light. It doesn't actually "hear" sound. It's just interpreting the signals sent by our organic sensors telling our brain that light or sound is present at a specific frequency range. Who was the philosopher that had the "brains in a vat" theory? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]jcinto23 [score hidden] 7 hours ago (5 children) I mean, if that isn't seeing and hearing, then what is? Sensors of all types, both artificial and natural ultimately just deliver information. Just because we interpret that information in order to see or hear, doesn't mean it isn't real. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (5 replies) load more comments (1 reply) [-]icecream_socialist [score hidden] 7 hours ago (1 child) "what color is the sun?" "yes." But really that was such a great explanation! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (2 replies) [-]Critical_Knowledge_5 [score hidden] 19 hours ago (9 children) The sun emits a full spectrum of electromagnetic waves so in the visible spectrum it's really white. But that would make for terrible imagery. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]ReVo5000 [score hidden] 13 hours ago* (5 children) Is this also why when closer to the equator sunlight looks whiter than in the northern or southern hemisphere? Or is it just me? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Critical_Knowledge_5 [score hidden] 11 hours ago (3 children) That actually does make sense, because the atmosphere scatters blue light more efficiently than red. Toward the equator, the atmosphere is thinner, so it scatters less of the blue light and a more even spectrum is seen * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (3 replies) load more comments (1 reply) [-]ValgrimTheWizb [score hidden] 14 hours ago (1 child) No. It is true that the sun emits a broad range of wavelenghts, but each frequency has a different intensity. The sun radiates mostly in the UV, Visible and Infrared range (and most strongly in the visible range), and life has evolved to take the most advantage of that. Our eyes see it white because our vision is perfectly tuned to the spectrum of our star. A creature that has evolved color vision around a red dwarf would probably see much better in the infrared, and see our sun as a big bright blue star. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (1 reply) [-]Suckamanhwewhuuut [score hidden] 19 hours ago (2 children) r/woahdude would really like this too * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (46 replies) [-]midgetsinheaven [score hidden] 21 hours ago (12 children) I'm in awe of the corona! It's so beautiful! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]TheVastReaches [score hidden] 20 hours ago[gold_48][Starry_48] (3 children) Thanks. I've had this vision for a photo ever since I starred doing this. Love to have the opportunity to finally bring it to fruition. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]romiro82 [score hidden] 15 hours ago (0 children) glorious and fitting typo there * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]ajamesmccarthy[S] [score hidden] 20 hours ago (5 children) Thank you! That part was all Jason * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (5 replies) load more comments (2 replies) [-]Dickies138 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (18 children) Seriously. It looks like a shag rug when zoomed in * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Seakawn [score hidden] 20 hours ago (1 child) Has someone already capitalized on this business? Sun rugs? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]LivingUnglued [score hidden] 11 hours ago (0 children) Brings a whole new meaning to "the floor is lava" * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]LessO2 [score hidden] 20 hours ago (5 children) Before zooming in, it looks like the surface texture of a cantaloupe. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]WhileNotLurking [score hidden] 19 hours ago (3 children) Rock melon for people in Australia. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]ColtHand [score hidden] 16 hours ago (0 children) Third rock from the rock melon * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (1 reply) [-]craftmami [score hidden] 17 hours ago (0 children) It looks like a human egg to me! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (9 replies) [-]murdock_RL [score hidden] 21 hours ago (44 children) Seriously. How come nasa or any space agency hasn't given us a pic like this of the sun before? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Vjcixuxuxuxuxu [score hidden] 19 hours ago (7 children) There are plenty of pictures. But the agencies usually focus on what's scientifically valuable and not necessarily what looks good m * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (7 replies) [-]DirkDieGurke [score hidden] 17 hours ago (10 children) There are plenty of H-alpha astronomers taking photos of the sun for the past few decades with excellent detail. I'm not sure what this guy is doing differently, except making "artistic" composites. I try to ask them how they do it, and how it's different from h-alpha astronomy and I haven't received a reply. Just google it: https://www.google.com/search?q= h-alpha+photos+of+the+sun&oq=h-alpha+photos+of+the+sun&aqs= chrome..69i57.5387j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Here's one on Reddit 10 years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/ comments/18g0p7/picture_of_the_sun_through_an_halpha_filter_x/ * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]ElfUppercut [score hidden] 13 hours ago (0 children) He has a link to explain how they did it in his comment * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (9 replies) load more comments (25 replies) load more comments (18 replies) [-]Cassalien [score hidden] 22 hours ago (237 children) Over 14 Earths tall... That's a measurement which is too abstract to actually properly imagine. Checked out the other images and the gif of the nado on Twitter, amazing footage! Glad that people like the two of you exist to bring mind blowing stuff like this to average Joes like me, so thank you! * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]PourSomeSmegmaInMe [score hidden] 21 hours ago (124 children) If it started on earth, it would extend almost halfway to the moon. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]thrwy18383747 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (116 children) I thought the moon would be closer * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]FlakeEater [score hidden] 20 hours ago (93 children) If you stacked all the planets in the solar system side by side, they would fit in the space between our planet and the moon. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]DaelinD93 [score hidden] 20 hours ago[5nswjpyy44] (79 children) So, hypothetically, say someone actually did that, and suspended gravitational forces for the length of the demonstration, then just... didn't move the planets back and gravity resumed normal function... what would happen? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]EaterOfKelp [score hidden] 20 hours ago (23 children) Jupiter would probably win. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]crm006 [score hidden] 19 hours ago (15 children) My bet is on the black hole of Uranus. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [+]Oseirus [score hidden] 10 hours ago (1 child) Leave my mother out of this * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (13 replies) load more comments (7 replies) [-]PofolkTheMagniferous [score hidden] 20 hours ago (16 children) Jupiter would swallow everything with its gravity. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]OysterFuzz5 [score hidden] 19 hours ago (6 children) Hold on. Lemme fire up universe sandbox. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]47shiz [score hidden] 18 hours ago (5 children) Pls report back with results * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]ShiyaruOnline [score hidden] 15 hours ago (0 children) I think he was eaten by Jupiter * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]beardedfoxy [score hidden] 14 hours ago (3 children) There's a video on Youtube where someone did this - the planets all pretty much were touching and for some reason they included the hypothetical Planet Nine. It basically went as expected - immediate obliteration of everything by Jupiter! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (3 replies) load more comments (9 replies) [-]wilkergobucks [score hidden] 20 hours ago (14 children) Every planet, including Earth and our moon, would suddenly "fall" into into Jupiter... * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]PinkynotClyde [score hidden] 19 hours ago (8 children) I think it all would be ripped apart, pieces of everything littering down onto Jupiter. I once researched what would happen to the moon if it approached earth and it was like that. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (8 replies) load more comments (5 replies) [+]Speakerbawx [score hidden] 20 hours ago* (4 children) A ball .2% the mass of the sun would form, probably with the overall appearance of Jupiter. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (4 replies) [-]BahbiBucket [score hidden] 18 hours ago (3 children) There's a game called Universe Sandbox where you could actually test this! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (3 replies) load more comments (14 replies) load more comments (13 replies) [-]PourSomeSmegmaInMe [score hidden] 20 hours ago (2 children) It's pretty wild, right? The earth's moon is pretty massive. Thats why it seems like it would be closer. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]EzekielTheFreakiel42 [score hidden] 19 hours ago (1 child) That's very interesting, u/PourSomeSmegmaInMe. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]SamohtGnir [score hidden] 20 hours ago (9 children) Most media portrays the moon a lot closer to the Earth because if they showed it at the real distance you'd barely be able to see it. Think about this, the Apollo missions launched up with a rockets going very quickly, and it took 3 days to reach the moon. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]VLHACS [score hidden] 19 hours ago (2 children) Given the distance, it's actually pretty crazy to think 3 days was all it took to reach the moon * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]DougWebbNJ [score hidden] 20 hours ago (2 children) Yeah but they were just coasting /s * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (3 replies) [-]Thunderbridge [score hidden] 20 hours ago (3 children) https://youtu.be/5XXEXPNBGX0 Crazy how big it is in the sky when you see just how far away it is! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (3 replies) load more comments (5 replies) [-]Straight-Corner-1921 [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) So the moon is a bit more than 34(28) earths away... TIL Edit: don't know how I came up either 34... O.o * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]TheMadFlyentist [score hidden] 19 hours ago (0 children) Somehow this actually makes it seem smaller than saying "14 earths tall" somehow. I think because it's easy to forget how far away the moon truly is. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (5 replies) [-]Yobleck [score hidden] 21 hours ago (10 children) Magellan took 3 years to circumnavigate the Earth. Since the ratio of circumference to diameter is pi or roughly 3, it would take one year for a wooden sailing ship to travel the diameter of the Earth. So it would take a ship 14 years to travel the length of that plasma tornado. Brain melted... * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]tejpot [score hidden] 19 hours ago (5 children) Which is easier to understand, this or size of 14 Earths? I am sorry, metric system totally avoided. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]PM_ME_YOUR_COY_NUDES [score hidden] 18 hours ago (3 children) I'm surprised no one has measured the distance in bananas. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]evilspawn_usmc [score hidden] 16 hours ago (0 children) You spoke too soon https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/122475u/ -/jdp2ued * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (1 reply) [-]clothespinkingpin [score hidden] 18 hours ago (0 children) Psh a wooden sailing ship wouldn't last 2 seconds in that tornado let alone 14 years * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (3 replies) [-]ndercommon [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) It would take a passenger plane almost 2 weeks to fly across it. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]eltacotacotaco [score hidden] 21 hours ago (13 children) Roughly 3,116,944,446 bananas (7" banana) * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Lupo_Bi-Wan_Kenobi [score hidden] 17 hours ago (5 children) Can you do it in 5" bananas for us average guys. Thanks * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Ehrec [score hidden] 17 hours ago (1 child) I got you! It would be be 4,363,722,224. For us average guys. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (3 replies) load more comments (7 replies) [-]Vigilante17 [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) Its mind blowing that this image could be considered microscopic in the grand scheme and looks like it too * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]rafael000 [score hidden] 21 hours ago[gold_48] (22 children) Americans will do anything to avoid metric * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]redditidothat [score hidden] 20 hours ago (15 children) 1,509,599 American football fields * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]MuseZeta [score hidden] 19 hours ago (9 children) [?]2,508,264,000 rounds of .308 * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]ZombieMountainLion [score hidden] 17 hours ago (6 children) I heard a bald eagle shriek just now * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Jonathon471 [score hidden] 16 hours ago (4 children) Red Tail Hawk, the sound byte that is the Bald Eagle cry Americans so generously use is that of a Red Tail Hawk. Bald Eagles sound more like a Seagull which is kinda even more hilarious and even more American. Source: Am American. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (4 replies) load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (5 replies) load more comments (6 replies) [-]mountaingrrl_8 [score hidden] 22 hours ago (11 children) Yup. Think I need to know the size in quantity of end to end buses. You know, anything to avoid the metric system. /s But seriously OP, this is insanely impressive. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Cassalien [score hidden] 22 hours ago (5 children) Lmao I thought about making a remark about needing bananas for scale or something but I was able to resist the temptation. Love the end to end busses idea tho lol well done. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (5 replies) [-]sillybearr [score hidden] 20 hours ago (2 children) Roughly 14.9 million buses * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (50 replies) [-]cardinalkgb [score hidden] 22 hours ago[gold_48][p4yzxkaed5] [hehehe_b_4] (147 children) I can't zoom in because I'm not supposed to look directly at the sun. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]ProximaCentauri7784 [score hidden] 22 hours ago (77 children) you're so right. I zoomed in and now am permanently blind. Should've put in some sunglasses * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Goodusernameprobibly [score hidden] 21 hours ago (55 children) I'm sorry I ho- oh wait my bad... .. .-..-. -- / ... --- / ... --- .-. .-. -.-- --..-- / .... --- .--. . / -.-- --- ..- .-. / -.. --- .. -. --. / .-- . .-.. .-.. / -. --- .-- .- -.. .- -.-- ... * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]ProximaCentauri7784 [score hidden] 21 hours ago* (36 children) love the commitment, too lazy to translate it tho, can someone let me know what it means? I know it starts with "I'm so sorry," * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]-jp- [score hidden] 21 hours ago (23 children) It says, "Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine." * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]dragonflyandstars [score hidden] 21 hours ago (7 children) A crummy commercial!?! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Phaze357 [score hidden] 14 hours ago (0 children) I didn't see that first r there at first and was worried about what kind of ovaltine commercials you've been watching * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (6 replies) [-]pimpfmode [score hidden] 21 hours ago (6 children) Why do they call it Ovaltine? The mug is round, the jug is round...they should call it Roundtine! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]personified_thoughts [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) That's gold, Jerry! That's gold! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]LVMagnus [score hidden] 19 hours ago (1 child) Ovaltine or the original Ovomaltine comes from the latin for egg (ovum) and malt, its two original key ingredients. Also, ovals are plenty round. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]pimpfmode [score hidden] 19 hours ago (0 children) https://youtu.be/j0qm0KUPeD8 Watch this my friend * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (3 replies) load more comments (8 replies) load more comments (12 replies) [-]MindlessRanger [score hidden] 21 hours ago (7 children) But this isn't braille, it's Morse code.. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]FlighingHigh [score hidden] 21 hours ago (3 children) Implying that wouldn't work as a reliable form of communication with the blind? Or that the joke works any differently in a text format. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Adept_Cranberry_4550 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (2 children) Ack, the Meta, its too powerful... * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]FlighingHigh [score hidden] 21 hours ago (1 child) The Meta Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be.... unnatural. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (3 replies) [-]Doctor_Wilhouse [score hidden] 20 hours ago (1 child) You spelled -.-- --- ..- .----. .-. . ....... wrong * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]masked_sombrero [score hidden] 21 hours ago (0 children) / ... --- .-. .-. -.-- --..-- / .... --- .--. . / -.-- --- ..- .-. / - ..- ./-.. .. -.- \..- ..-. .\-.- thanks for the translation * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (7 replies) [-]milkiewayyy [score hidden] 21 hours ago (2 children) have you seen the sunscreen directly in the eyes trick? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]BadSanna [score hidden] 21 hours ago (4 children) Sunglasses aren't good enough. You should have e used a shoebox with a pinhole in it * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Responsible-Baby-551 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (2 children) I actually did that for an eclipse back in the 70s in like 3rd grade, it works if you don't mind looking at a shoebox * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (13 replies) [-]ajamesmccarthy[S] [score hidden] 21 hours ago (4 children) I'll give you my permission just this once. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]cyanocittaetprocyon [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) An incredible photo! I'm going to look at it more than once, eyes be damned!! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (3 replies) [-]yumyumgivemesome [score hidden] 21 hours ago (7 children) If you have a mirror nearby, you can look at the reflection of this picture through the mirror. Or you can listen to somebody else describe the picture as long as they don't go into too much detail. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]GmoLargey [score hidden] 21 hours ago (1 child) It's looks like arrrggghhhhhhhhh * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]Cold_Situation_7803 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (1 child) I looked at the image reflected in my polished shield. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]SeriesXM [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) They should look for themselves. Trust me, it's pretty hot. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]BarryTGash [score hidden] 21 hours ago (2 children) Who knew the sun was so hairy. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]TheVastReaches [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) I saw the president do it, so ... Edit: Ok I'm a solar photographer and have seen the back of the telescope literally light things ablaze in seconds. Please protect your vision. Eyes are fragile. But, I'm happy to sponsor this safe viewing experience. Enjoy! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Muted_Resist_8622 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (2 children) Harry Carey once stared into the sun through a set of binoculars for over an hour, probably. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Less-Mail4256 [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) If the moon was made of barbecue spare ribs, would ya eat it then? I know I would. And I'd wash it down with an ice cold Budweiser. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]dgentz [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) I guess that's why they call him Whiskers * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]deepstate_chopra [score hidden] 21 hours ago (0 children) Then I'm lucky I saw this post at night. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (48 replies) [-]ajamesmccarthy[S] [score hidden] 22 hours ago* (74 children) To see the uncropped image or a timelapse of the "tornado" (actually just a large solar prominence" check out this twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/AJamesMcCarthy/status/1638648459002806272?s=20 This image is a fusion from the minds of two astrophotographers, Myself and u/thevastreaches. The combined data from over 90,000 individual images captured with a modified telescope last Friday was jointly processed to reveal the layers of intricate details within the solar chromosphere. A geometrically altered image of the 2017 eclipse as an artistic element in this composition to display an otherwise invisible structure. Great care was taken to align the two atmospheric layers in a scientifically plausible way using NASA's SOHO data as a reference. The final image is the most detailed and dynamic full image of our star either of us have ever created. A blend of science and art, this image is a one-of-a kind astrophoto, as the ever-changing sun will never quite look like this again. If you're curious how I take these sorts of images, I have a write-up on my website. Check it out here: https://cosmicbackground.io/blogs/ learn-about-how-these-are-captured/capturing-our-star DO NOT attempt to look at the sun through your telescope. You could seriously damage your eyes. See more of Jason's work here: https://www.instagram.com/ thevastreaches/ See more of my work here: https://www.instagram.com/cosmic_background / * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]TheVastReaches [score hidden] 22 hours ago (3 children) Yeah buddy! This was an amazing project to work on and honored to be a part of it. Such a unique and phenomenal result. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]JohanKaramazov [score hidden] 21 hours ago (0 children) Likewise! Thanks for all your help * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]brovo911 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (13 children) I was surprised to see any corona, until I saw you added it from 2017 data. I'm actually an eclipse astronomer, we chase solar eclipses so we can observe the corona since it is so hard to do normally. If you had figured out how to get images like that during the day then I needed to know haha * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]TheVastReaches [score hidden] 20 hours ago (5 children) Thanks. I am the original photographer for the 2017 total solar eclipse data we used. Here is the example of the starting point. We didn't take the decision to add this as a composite element lightly and took great care to actually transform the original to match the features visible in the SOHO LASCO data from this day. All said, and as you know, the inner corona would never technically match any pic taken at a different time. So, we clearly spell out that this is an artistic choice and part of the creative vision of the composition. At heart we are both photographers that love the creative element so it was a perfect application. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (5 replies) load more comments (7 replies) [-]stoutymcstoutface [score hidden] 22 hours ago (15 children) Awesome! Just FYI the version on twitter is much less detailed than this Reddit version - at least on iPhone. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]ajamesmccarthy[S] [score hidden] 21 hours ago (14 children) Make sure to load in 4K! * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (14 replies) [-]ICumCoffee [score hidden] 22 hours ago (0 children) I've been following you on Twitter for a while now, and reading through your replies learning how much time it took you to process that data into one single image and to have such patience for that. Amazing job. A brilliant photograph of our Sun. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (39 replies) [-]ICumCoffee [score hidden] 22 hours ago (32 children) Trying to comprehend the size of that "tornado" just makes my mind go completely blank. That is HUGE. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]-Unnamed- [score hidden] 21 hours ago (19 children) Space in general is literally incompressible. There's a massive ball of nuclear explosions just chilling out there within viewing distance. And that's a small one compared to what's out there. And then you zoom out of our solar system. I literally don't think human minds are capable of imagining it * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]jumpsteadeh [score hidden] 20 hours ago* (13 children) Even if you could properly comprehend the size of the sun, the largest known star is still incomprehensibly larger than it. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]AgsMydude [score hidden] 15 hours ago (10 children) 5 billion Suns could fit inside it....what the fuck * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Itherial [score hidden] 11 hours ago (0 children) It takes 14.5 seconds to go around the sun at the speed of light. It takes 7.5 hours to circle UY Scuti. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (9 replies) [-]TheDrunkKanyeWest [score hidden] 19 hours ago (0 children) So about roughly the size of Jim's mom. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (5 replies) [-]darkknightwing417 [score hidden] 21 hours ago* (3 children) 14 Earths... I'm just imagining being inside that thing... It would be just pure intense plasma for the size of a continent. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Stegasaurus_Wrecks [score hidden] 21 hours ago (0 children) Just imagine being vapourised. That should do it. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]buttPee69 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (1 child) I'm trying to comprehend how much coffee you drink * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (6 replies) [-]violentpac [score hidden] 22 hours ago[43zl6dfcg9] (90 children) Why does the Sun not look smooth? Is it just straight flames? Why do the flames have definition? I guess what I'm asking is... why does it look furry? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]mehvet [score hidden] 21 hours ago (29 children) Maybe you're just being poetic, but it's also important to understand that there are no flames. The Sun is not a ball of fire. It's an enormous naturally occurring nuclear reactor. Here's a little NASA video about it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vhj5OYwND14 * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]LetsJerkCircular [score hidden] 20 hours ago (6 children) I've always understood the concept of being within the earth's atmosphere, but have never thought about the fact that we're in the sun's extended atmosphere. That's a cool concept: our little bubble inside of a giant bubble of light and heat from far away. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (6 replies) [-]PlayyWithMyBeard [score hidden] 20 hours ago (11 children) Thanks for linking that video. I totally thought the sun was a big ol ball of fire. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]JustStartBlastin [score hidden] 19 hours ago (10 children) So did scientists long ago. They calculated how long a fire that big could burn, like it was wood. Then used that to calculate the age of the solar system and how much time we had left. Suffice it to say they were way off lol * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]PlayyWithMyBeard [score hidden] 18 hours ago (4 children) Oh man the rabbit hole you're gonna send me down. That was always my way of thinking. How long till it burns itself out. But I don't know what the alternative is lmao * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]JustStartBlastin [score hidden] 17 hours ago (1 child) Well it's how long it takes for most of that hydrogen to become helium and explode lol. About 4 billion years more though so don't worry * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (5 replies) [-]MCMickMcMax [score hidden] 14 hours ago (5 children) The sun is mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]EthanHulbert [score hidden] 10 hours ago (1 child) No no, you're thinking of Istanbul * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]Cosack [score hidden] 6 hours ago (0 children) Where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (4 replies) [-]brent1123 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (25 children) The type of telescope used to capture the Sun (not the corona added to it) isolates a wavelength of light produced by excited Hydrogen atoms. The fur/fire texture you see is large filaments of Hydrogen plasma arcing along magnetic field lines (and area of the Sun called the Chromosphere). In a broadband filter which just brings all the light down to safe intensity levels (called a White Light filter, example is my image) the Sun is more round and plain-looking, though under stable atmospheric conditions and respectable focal lengths the texture called granulation (cells of rising and falling plasma) can be seen along with sunspots. This area of the Sun is the Photosphere and is the lowest observable altitude (not really a "surface" since its a near vacuum-pressure plasma) and the Chromosphere is a region several thousand km above it * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]BITTAH1999 [score hidden] 19 hours ago (14 children) have no idea what you just said * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]andrewsad1 [score hidden] 17 hours ago[klvxk1wggf] (2 children) The kind of camera they're using only captures the color that hydrogen emits. What you see in the photo is plasma made of hydrogen that follows magnetic field lines on the sun, which makes them look all wavy and thin. The layer of the sun that this can see is called the Chromosphere. If you capture all the colors, it looks more like a plain ball with some light spots and dark spots. That layer of the sun is called the Photosphere. It sits far below the Chromosphere, but is so much brighter that we need special light filters to see pictures like OP posted * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]ghosty88 [score hidden] 13 hours ago (0 children) So is this image like a mapping of the magnetic field? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]King0fTheNorthh [score hidden] 19 hours ago (2 children) Same. So I did a little more research and found that The Lorax created the sun. That's why it's fuzzy. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (8 replies) [-]CinematicSigh [score hidden] 15 hours ago (2 children) very interesting. so we've never seen the actual "surface" of the sun. how much below the photosphere is an area of atmospheric density similar to earth's surface? Am interested in roasting marshmallows in a space hotsuit. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (7 replies) [-]Realistic_Hall_9841 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (11 children) the sun is actually an enormous marmalade kitty. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]SaxyOmega90125 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (4 children) *marmalade skies. You know, with tangerine trees. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]FirecrossD [score hidden] 20 hours ago (1 child) Can picture it now, in a boat on a river * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (2 replies) load more comments (6 replies) [-]CysticBacne [score hidden] 20 hours ago (7 children) I have a hard time with these super-detailed photos of the sun, because they remind me of that deer with hairy eyeballs * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]QuestioningEspecialy [score hidden] 18 hours ago (6 children) Do I want to click that? * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (6 replies) load more comments (14 replies) [-]jasper-whitlocks [score hidden] 22 hours ago (4 children) This is so cool. What a dope passion project, thanks for doing it and letting us all see it * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]TheVastReaches [score hidden] 22 hours ago (1 child) Agree. With the amount of effort it takes, it has to be a passion. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (2 replies) [-]Sharticus123 [score hidden] 22 hours ago (11 children) Don't give the Syfy people any ideas. We do not need 35 Solnado movies. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]DontPanicATheDisco [score hidden] 21 hours ago (2 children) The first four movies are already done filming. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]-jp- [score hidden] 21 hours ago (1 child) My favorite is Solnado Meets the Wolf-man. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]BulkyOrder9 [score hidden] 19 hours ago (0 children) I'm more of a Solnado meets the Harlem Globetrotters fan myself * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [+]SirWigglesVonWoogly [score hidden] 20 hours ago (0 children) I'd be more concerned about all the sites that are gonna steal this and give zero credit or money. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]jinnremy [score hidden] 13 hours ago (0 children) | We do not need 35 Solnado movies. Speak for yourself * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (6 replies) [-]vimana_power [score hidden] 21 hours ago (20 children) Has anyone stopped to think like what in the actual fuck is anything * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]imapassenger1 [score hidden] 18 hours ago (7 children) I just look at that image and realise I have no idea what the sun is. And it's with us every day of our lives. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Lupo_Bi-Wan_Kenobi [score hidden] 16 hours ago (6 children) And you have this symbiotic relationship with it. If it wasn't for the sun, you cannot live. It's weird because you look at something like a tree and think that you're not connected to it. That it's just a tree over there, and you're you. But then when you imagine they're all gone.. and there you are, dead now. Without that tree, you are nothing. You never could have even existed without it. The tree could not exist without the sun. It's all tethered to you and I in some strange way and our eyes can't see it(unless we're on heavy doses of LSD or things of that nature). * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]delta_wardog [score hidden] 16 hours ago (1 child) Dependent, not symbiotic. The Sun gains no benefit from our existence. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]Lupo_Bi-Wan_Kenobi [score hidden] 16 hours ago (0 children) Oh true, I kinda blurred the lines of my thinking on trees. Dependant relationship to sun, symbiotic to flora. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (4 replies) [-]DoubleWolf [score hidden] 18 hours ago (0 children) Stardust. Everything we can see or touch was made in a star. We all were once part of a star that gave birth to us and everything we know. We are all a part of the same infinite everything. And it's our job to see it. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]DeusExBlockina [score hidden] 11 hours ago (0 children) I always love existential questions like this in a thread full of "How did you take this picture?" "How long did this take?" and so on. Because I feel you. I one hundred percent feel you. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (10 replies) [-]TheVastReaches [score hidden] 22 hours ago (0 children) I have to say that ever since I started in solar photography, THIS is an image I was always chasing... a perfect blend of technique and creativity. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]drawnandquarterd [score hidden] 22 hours ago (15 children) NASA ain't got nothing on you, killer picture. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]catdog918 [score hidden] 19 hours ago (2 children) This photo has a fair amount of artistic liberties * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]kriegnes [score hidden] 10 hours ago (0 children) isnt it the same for nasa pictures? like most stuff you wouldnt be even able to see with your eyes. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]be4u4get [score hidden] 20 hours ago (5 children) I really enjoyed seeing the bright plasma velociraptor in the middle * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (5 replies) load more comments (6 replies) [-]GorgeousMetal [score hidden] 22 hours ago (13 children) "The Sun is very hot, so it's best to visit there at night." --- said last year's loser for the Nobel Science Prize * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]-jp- [score hidden] 21 hours ago (0 children) Space is big Space is dark It's hard to find A place to park * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (12 replies) [-]biddly1 [score hidden] 18 hours ago (7 children) Isn't it kinda crazy that our whole existence depends on this giant ball of holy fuck in the middle of infinity? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]panjialang [score hidden] 11 hours ago (5 children) Which is why primitive cultures worshipped the Sun * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]KylerGreen [score hidden] 6 hours ago (0 children) Now our not primitive societies worship bearded sky man. Much smarter. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (4 replies) load more comments (1 reply) [-]CompleX999 [score hidden] 20 hours ago (2 children) It amazes me how can a ball of pure violence be responsible for all the life on this earth. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]Rick_GJ [score hidden] 22 hours ago (2 children) Absolutely breath taking....... Great work. I can't even comprehend the scale of the flames. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]kiwiwanabe [score hidden] 22 hours ago (7 children) The "Tornado" would suggest rotation of some sort. Can anyone explain it? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]TheVastReaches [score hidden] 22 hours ago (1 child) There is a video of it in the linked Twitter thread. Best to just see it but that tall column of plasma is swirling as it rises * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (5 replies) [-]Shadowbite94 [score hidden] 20 hours ago (4 children) When you zoom in on the sun all the way it looks like a fuzzy floor mat * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (4 replies) [-]fishies_smell [score hidden] 21 hours ago (1 child) That is one spicy meatball. Mind blowing photo. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]ReD_CEO [score hidden] 22 hours ago (1 child) This is amazing! Great job. In a way, it looks kind of fuzzy. I wanna take a nap on it. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]Vakr_Skye [score hidden] 22 hours ago (0 children) I got a sunburn just looking at this hot take... * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]DrWho37 [score hidden] 20 hours ago (7 children) Why can I see stars in that picture? I am genuinely curious. Every earth picture that I see from the space never has stars in it, just pitch black. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]JustStartBlastin [score hidden] 17 hours ago (1 child) Because the sunlight overpowers out the light from distant stars in those pics. This pic is specifically filtering out all that bright white shine so it can capture what the sun looks like. Doing this let's the light from other stars be seen * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (5 replies) [-]hunkydory1029 [score hidden] 21 hours ago (2 children) Beautiful. Too bad we keep squabbling over imaginary lines on our rock. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]Cypher91 [score hidden] 22 hours ago (2 children) Amazing. Is it possible to capture a timelapse? Would be incredible to see how that 'tornado' moves. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]Bento_Box_Haiku [score hidden] 21 hours ago (0 children) Go to the referenced Twitter thread, there's one there. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (1 reply) [-]YJSubs [score hidden] 19 hours ago* (0 children) How do you stich these thousands of individuals photo taken at different time period, but showing it as one continuous image? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]Master-Line-305 [score hidden] 22 hours ago (4 children) Go look at a video of an ovum being fertilized & it'll look the same as this photo * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]kalirion [score hidden] 21 hours ago (1 child) The galaxy is on Orion's belt. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply [-]byebybuy [score hidden] 21 hours ago (0 children) That's what the little dude inside the big dude's head said. * permalink * embed * save * parent * report * give award * reply load more comments (2 replies) [-]FortyHippos [score hidden] 17 hours ago (0 children) If you zoom in far enough, you see where death metal band names are born. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]Grundle_Fromunda [score hidden] 22 hours ago (4 children) Photos like these only further make me believe that we and our universe are just molecules on something larger. My universe and scientific knowledge also comes from watching Men in Black when I was 9 * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (4 replies) [-]u7aa6cc60 [score hidden] 22 hours ago (9 children) This should have a million upvotes. It's a fantastic picture. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (9 replies) [-]Jacksepticeyefan1545 [score hidden] 22 hours ago (3 children) It kinda looks like orange cat fur when you zoom in * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (3 replies) [-]cepxico [score hidden] 10 hours ago (0 children) Nothing like a very high res image of the sun to send you into an existential crisis thinking about how crazy it is that our entire life force depends on a fireball in the sky. * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply [-]magical_bunny [score hidden] 10 hours ago (0 children) Am I the only one who finds the sun positively terrifying? * permalink * embed * save * report * give award * reply load more comments (2462 replies) * about * blog * about * advertising * careers * help * site rules * Reddit help center * reddiquette * mod guidelines * contact us * apps & tools * Reddit for iPhone * Reddit for Android * mobile website * <3 * reddit premium * reddit coins Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. 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