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[–] [email protected] 113 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This small circle is the sun, absolutely dwarfed by the earth taking up the rest of the frame. Definitely unsettling.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You shouldn't stare too long at this photo with your naked eye or you'll go blind.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if I give my eye undies?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That will express to your eye your undieing love.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But only if they’re clean undies, otherwise it could express conjunctivitis to your eyes.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Puts in perspective how small Mercury is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it probly only look tiny cause it's far away

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, the earth is actually a lot bigger than it looks on the photo. The photo is only a few centimeters, but the earth is at least 10x bigger than that!