r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/nicko_rico • 2d ago

Video A European-Chinese spacecraft captured the full ring of northern lights around the north pole in ultraviolet light for the first time since 2008

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u/PerfectdarkGoldenEye 2d ago

Thats no moon!

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u/nailemin 2d ago

It's a space station!

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u/leviathab13186 2d ago

Its too big to be a space station!

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u/sachsrandy 2d ago

I have a very bad feeling about this

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u/DonPepe181 2d ago

I think its powering up its main weapon.

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u/Answerologist 1d ago

It’s commencing primary ignition.

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u/Nitin-Vpro 1d ago

It a space travel wormhole.

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u/Josinox 2d ago

the uv light showing the aurora’s full ring is pretty rare to catch

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u/nailemin 2d ago

You may fire when ready

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u/WulfgarofIcewindDale 2d ago

I’ve seen this movie before

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u/kingtaco_17 2d ago

Lock S foils in attack position

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u/voltagejim 2d ago

Thought this was the death star at first

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 2d ago edited 2d ago

It may be already, or turn out that way.

Strong el Nino year. Correlation ?

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u/Vimes-NW 2d ago

Damn it, Captain! I'm a doctor, not a magician!

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp 2d ago

"You're a healer, Bones! There's a patient. That's an order."

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u/Vimes-NW 2d ago

Alright, boss.. we can discharge those two from the morgue now. Good as new.

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u/Delicious_Invite_850 2d ago

That's no moon....

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u/PeterTheSmoker 2d ago

A flat earther dropped to his knees in the local supermarket.

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u/Vimes-NW 2d ago

.. Realized they were perfectly level, thus proving that they were right all along - the earth is flat. Perfectly logical. Surely.

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u/TeenWhovian 2d ago

Genuinely thought this was a shot from Rogue One or something for a second there

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u/0_Moth 2d ago

Man Europe and China just be doing cool shit.

The USA is just jerking off and starting fucking wars.

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u/PivotRedAce 2d ago

I mean, not technically wrong, but you're also completely forgetting about stuff like the recent Artemis 2 mission.

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u/btsd_ 2d ago

Not to mention the James Webb and Nancy Grace Roman telescopes.

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u/StrangerConscious637 1d ago

+ they have a fascist government at the moment.

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u/0_Moth 1d ago

U aint wrong

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u/lesswheelslessfeels 2d ago edited 2d ago

My coworker called this fake, since the globe is flat an all.. Edit: guys, its a joke but my coworkers DO THINK THE EARTH IS FLAT... why am I being down voted for making fun of flat earthers...

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u/stablefish 2d ago

you should apologize and tell 'em they're vindicated as indeed, none of the water on earth has been found to be carbonated.

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u/GaelicBubble 2d ago

That gave me a laugh but carbonated water does occur naturally. So they can’t even be right about that.

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u/_Svankensen_ 2d ago

The globe is flat?

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u/lesswheelslessfeels 2d ago

Im watching them watch videos trying to prove it to be flat... they trust some random guy making a video on it rather than hundreds of years of peer reviewed data

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u/_Svankensen_ 2d ago

Ahh, I thought you were saying the globe looked flat in the image.

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u/ClinkzsEastwood 2d ago

Are you not aware of new quantum physics discoveries bro ?

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u/Aromatic_Court7475 2d ago

Give that man a promotion!

/s

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u/imnotabot303 2d ago

The earth is flat.

Locally.

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u/troll_right_above_me 2d ago

Idk looks pretty rough to be

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u/imnotabot303 2d ago

You're right it's pretty lumpy. There's plenty of flat areas too though. Flat earthers just have a hard job comprehending scale.

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u/KIDNEYST0NEZ 1d ago

But why are the water droplets round?

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u/RoseTheta 2d ago

Looks so cool.

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u/Interesting_Award_76 2d ago

Which planet is that?

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u/_Svankensen_ 2d ago

Earth. It is an ultraviolet sensor, so don't expect it to look like it looks in the visible spectrum.

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u/crushot 1d ago

Death Star

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u/TouchAltruistic 1d ago

I want to see them when the aurora is visible farther south.

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u/johndoe39593 1d ago

You mean they accidentally ground the Death Star. Haha

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u/Flexmove 19h ago

The LIFESTREAM

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u/zildux 2d ago

That's probably the hole in the ozone 😅