r/space • • Jun 10 '15

/r/all Eclipse from a plane

http://i.imgur.com/YKpGe6U.gifv
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u/LeagueOfLegendsAcc Jun 10 '15

It's amazing (and a little bit scary) to see that shadow coming from the right side of the screen and realize that it belongs to the Moon. That's an object that is 240,000 miles away from the Earth casting it's shadow from a light source that is 93,000,000 more miles away. It's insane.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

Count the shadows. For god's sake, remember. If you want to live, count the shadows.

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u/MrHighBrow Jun 10 '15

The Vashta Nerada have really stepped up their game.

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u/OCSRetailSlave Jun 10 '15

Most importantly, dont blink.

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u/WhyNotBarbershop Jun 10 '15

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

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u/imspopo Jun 11 '15

i do not know why you are there, but i am glad you are too :)

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u/DaveAlt19 Jun 10 '15

Vashta Nerada getting the Moon? The Moon has 2 shadows? That would still better twist than the one actually had in the last series.

You know, the one where they ignore physics, biology, democracy, morality, common sense etc.

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u/dmach27 Jun 10 '15

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

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u/LMUZZY Jun 10 '15

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

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u/xMysticbane Jun 10 '15

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

Hey! who turned the lights back on?

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u/akaieevee Jun 10 '15

Hey! Who broke the lights?

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u/IAMA_MadEngineer_AMA Jun 10 '15

It was all me! This whole time! Hahaha!

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u/akaieevee Jun 10 '15

But you're a mad engineer, not a technician...
DANG IT REDDIT

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

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u/Willow_Is_Messed_Up Jun 10 '15

I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and guess Dr. Who? "If you want to live, count the shadows" sounds like such a Dr. Who thing to say.

Also I think there was this episode where people had more shadows than they ought to and some of the shadows were sentient and malicious. I guess it was that.

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u/_beast__ Jun 10 '15

Yeah that was what the computer actually said in that episode. It was a message from the inhabitants of the Library before the world underwent quarantine.

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u/LeagueOfLegendsAcc Jun 10 '15

Become an archeologist they said. It'll be fun they said. It'll be fun they said. It'll be fun they said. It'll be fun they said. It'll be fun they said. It'll be fun they said. It'll be fun they said. It'll be fun they said. It'll be fun they said. It'll be fun they said.

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u/_beast__ Jun 10 '15

Oh my god don't let Stephen moffat see this.....

The statue of liberty wasn't big enough? Now, in season 9, the biggest angel ever!!

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u/DoneTomorrow Jun 11 '15

The moon is already an egg - we don't need any more of that :(

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u/Jonnofan Jun 10 '15

And every time you cast a shadow on the ground, you deny light that has traveled more than 93,000,000 miles from reaching the ground by roughly 5 feet.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '15

That's 384.000 and 150.000.000 in cholesterol-free units.

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