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Probably, the most Awe Inspiring thing you've seen all year

Overheal · 2009-05-05 01:59:24

A 24-hour time lapse of the terrestrial Eclipse, taken from a Geosynchronous satellite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDvaU-GyIYE (embedding disabled by request, oh noes!)

05-05-2009 2:59am

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A 24-hour time lapse of the terrestrial Eclipse, taken from a Geosynchronous satellite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDvaU-GyIYE (embedding disabled by request, oh noes!)

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#2 05-05-2009 3:55am

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Very very cool.

Stars right in the middle though, is the explanation I saw in the comments, that it's gravity bending the light from behind the earth right?

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#3 05-05-2009 3:58am

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I'm on the internet at 4 a.m. that's not half as inspiring as the "black holes" I've just been viewing.

Nice though.

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#4 05-05-2009 4:15am

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Probably the least awe inspiring thing I've seen all year.

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#5 05-05-2009 4:59am

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Meh.

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#6 05-05-2009 5:25am

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Stars right in the middle though, is the explanation I saw in the comments, that it's gravity bending the light from behind the earth right?

Fairly sure thats just someone being retarded.

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#7 05-05-2009 5:45am

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That wasnt awe inspiring Overheal.

Die Hard 4.0? John McCain shooting ****, now that was inspiring.

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