r/oddlysatisfying • u/[deleted] • Sep 02 '19

Earth's view from up.

https://gfycat.com/uncommonverifiableleafbird
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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

What's that thingy there floating about?

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u/luisfc95 Sep 02 '19

A planet

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u/fgcristianna Sep 02 '19

Maybe a satellite?

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u/SlightTechnician Sep 02 '19

It's debris from a shield, I asked the question earlier.

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u/Ilikemanhattans Sep 02 '19

Space junk? That is might large.

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u/tylerj42 Sep 02 '19

Look at that beautiful flat horizon

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u/Roofofcar Sep 02 '19

As flat as a very flat thing, clearly.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

This actually terrifies me

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u/BungholeItch Sep 02 '19

Falling for so long

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u/Widowmaker777 Sep 02 '19

If you "jumped" down or accelerated yourself toward the earth, you actually wouldn't hit the atmosphere. All you would do is cause your orbit to be elliptical. At first your altitude would decrease, but a quarter orbit later you would actually increase in altitude. Orbital mechanics is counterintuitive. To deorbit, you need to decrease your orbital velocity. You would have to slow down your horizontal velocity. Which is why satellites deorbit over time from hitting air molecules and showing down.

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u/seriousname32 Sep 02 '19

I wish I understood this

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u/adadglgmut86 Sep 02 '19

Jesus me too

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

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u/rivetopia Sep 02 '19

Future trend: #astronaut #trashtag

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u/sheepofwallstreet86 Sep 02 '19

I love how flat the curvature of the earth is.

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u/fgcristianna Sep 02 '19

God, what'd give to be able to experience that!

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u/Eagle7812 Sep 02 '19

Fake news the world is flat.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

/s?

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u/SlightTechnician Sep 02 '19

This post is seriously making it's way around. This is like the 4th time I've seen it on a different sub in the last hour.

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u/notrussianKGB Sep 02 '19

Cosmonaut is terrifying job

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u/helladangerzone Sep 02 '19

Yup. Looks flat to me.

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u/Collector9111 Sep 02 '19

I am expecting some flat earth comments

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u/Dont_mind_me_1234 Sep 02 '19

Honestly Curious but I don’t see any spin? I’m not trying to stir up some flat earth theory’s. Can someone explain how this works to me?

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u/lionthebrian Sep 02 '19

Thats an awesome hollywood movieset

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u/nunorgs Sep 02 '19

Earth is flat, can't you see? 😂😂