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It’s incomprehensibly special and rare that our moon amd star are just the right size and just the right distance away for us to experience almost perfect eclipses.
I’ve been lucky enough to see a complete solar eclipse 2 times. It’s even more special because it won’t be able to do that forever and it didn’t always either. Genuinely one of the coolest parts of our planet rn.
That, and the, y’know, life supporting-ness.
Oh yeah I guess that’s alright too
It depends
Yeah, but no one seems to care about that minor detail.
It really makes you think if this planet was designed by mice or not.
No wonder the demons in Doom came to attack the base on Phobos. Janky ass turd of a moon
Spoiler alert: there’s an even uglier one.
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Can confirm. Earths total eclipses are wild. Most otherworldly spectacle I will witness in my life.
Fully intend to do acid next time I see one.
You better duct tape those eclipse glasses to your face
Tempted to use my welders mask tbh
Its’s not Mars’ fault!!
Fucking Phobos. As usual
Sadly Deimos disappeared during the Deimos Event.
Pathetic. No wonder we haven’t bothered to go there yet.
Earth! Earth! Earth! Earth!
Banks had an idea that our total solar eclipse is unique on a galactic scale and aliens for sure come to Earth to see it. So if you want to find aliens you have to monitor solar eclipse sites. I wonder is any government agency actually did it.
Really weird book that one, even for Banks. Tangents or is it Inversions?
Transitions I believe. I think it’s the last or one of the last ones he wrote (he died and 2013 and in the book he mentions 2008 crisis). Weakest of his books I’ve read. Don’t know if he didn’t had the time to finish it or something but it was just full of holes.
Is it still an eclipse if it’s only a partial obscuration?
Yes but it isn’t as cool
“Am I…. Getting through?”
Caine reference? OWO
My dumb arse for about five seconds “damn I didn’t know Luna wasn’t so round when viewed from mars”.
Stoned Cookie Monster.
