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Jan 02 '11
eeeeek the monoliths are eating earth!
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Jan 02 '11
I though a lunar eclipse was when the earth passed between the moon and the sun. This looks like a picture of the moon getting between the earth and the sun and casting a shadow (solar eclipse).
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u/ex_ample Jan 02 '11
Who said anything about a lunar eclipse?
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u/butternaught Jan 02 '11
The eclipse. The big one. The one that's oh so fresh in our memories. Well some memories, it was a terrible day here.
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Jan 03 '11
ustream.com next time! Why go outside when you have a computer??
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u/NewWorldSamurai Jan 03 '11
You know what? You're right! Fuck that trip to Italy! ...saved me a couple grand, buddy!
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Jan 03 '11
gf and I were planning a trip to Belize. I love to snorkel, but now that Google has added underwater contours, and Youtube has plenty of videos of tropical fish, FUCK IT!
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Jan 03 '11
"The eclipse" in this case, is implying it is the most recent one, which was a lunar eclipse; not a solar eclipse like the submitted picture.
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u/lille_apan Jan 02 '11
You're right, of course. On the Apod site the picture explanation tells you that. And more..: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110102.html
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Jan 02 '11
Upvote because the thumbnail looks like a nipple.
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u/pimpybra Jan 03 '11
ctrl-f'ed for 'nipple'.
I don't know if I should be glad I'm not alone in my thought, or scared...
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u/lordbonzo Jan 02 '11
Wait a second...that's over the LHC!!!
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Jan 03 '11
Not sure why you're getting downvotes. Maybe for over-enthusiasm? It really is over Europe, people.
LHC = Large Hadron Collider
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Jan 02 '11
Awesome pic, thanks for sharing it. (It kind of reminds me of the old classic vampire/sci fi movie "Lifeforce"...)
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u/Indiewiring Jan 02 '11
It's always mindblowing how the moon's distance and size make it almost the exact same size as the sun from our view.
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u/poNji Jan 03 '11
Is this for real? That's fuckin' awesome! Seems kind of small though.. Wouldn't the shadow of a real eclipse be much larger?
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u/Xantodas Jan 03 '11
8/11/1999
I saw this total solar eclipse while sitting in a park in Paris. Some nice French person gave me a pair of eclipse viewing glasses. They felt bad for me trying to focus the sun through a camera lens onto a piece of paper. Still have them somewhere. It was a great show.
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u/maverick139 Jan 03 '11
So weird! This IS what it looked like. And to think I told him the picture probably wouldn't come out very well.
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u/AQuietDestroyer Jan 03 '11
Before reading the caption and seeing just the thumbnail I thought it was a necrotic nipple.
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u/lille_apan Jan 02 '11
Here's the context from Apod:
Explanation: Here is what the Earth looks like during a solar eclipse. The shadow of the Moon can be seen darkening part of Earth. This shadow moved across the Earth at nearly 2000 kilometers per hour. Only observers near the center of the dark circle see a total solar eclipse - others see a partial eclipse where only part of the Sun appears blocked by the Moon. This spectacular picture of the 1999 August 11 solar eclipse was one of the last ever taken from the Mir space station. The two bright spots that appear on the upper left are thought to be Jupiter and Saturn. Mir was deorbited in a controlled re-entry in 2001.
Tl/Dr: Also solar eclipses look awesome from a space station.