For those who don’t know, Martian solar eclipses suck compared to ours. The near equal relative size of the sun and moon to Earth is why we get such awesome eclipses.
Perks of having a planet-sized object slam into your planet during its Hadean Eon.
Since our moon is moving away from us we’ll have these sorts of eclipses in the future. The fact that we’re living at a time when they’re the same apparent size is pretty amazing.
Imagine eclipses in the very early ages of life on land. It would be like Pitch Black.
Phobos is just not very aesthetically constructed.
Especially after we sent our space marines there to kill all those demons.
Wife: “Does this dress make me look fat?” Me, a discerning scientist: “You’re just not very aesthetically constructed.”
Don’t be phobophobic
i thought the only thing we were supposed to phobic of was phobos itself
Americans are insane. I don’t want to stereotype, but who the fuck needs a burger the size of a car?
I mean it’s almost the size of that apartment building in the back.
(Or is it fore? Never quite grok’d any of that perspective stuff…)
I’m actually still convinced that Flats are just trolling the whole world and pissing their pants from laughing when noone looks.
These things can’t be truly real and serious. They can’t. No. Nonono.
It is still a wonder of nature though that they appear the exact same size in our sky, allowing perfect eclipses
It’s a happy coincidence that we get to experience both total and annular solar eclipses. It wasn’t always so, and it won’t always be so. There was a first annular eclipse, and there will be a final total eclipse.
That’s hauntingly beautiful
OK but it’s pretty cool that the moon is just far enough and just the right size relative to Earth and the sun to give us all those rad eclipses.
EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.
I read somewhere that this phenomenon is so unlikely that if we ever need to represent our planet in an intergalactic context, the solar eclipse would be a good candidate for a symbol to put on a flag [citation needed]
EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.
You mean a Loonie.
SMH.
