Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoA matter of perspective...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
arrow-up138arrow-down1imageA matter of perspective...lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoBut the moon is slowly drifting away from the Earth so it will not be true in the relatively near future.
minus-squareNeptuneOrbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoIn 500-650 million years https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/01/11/as-the-moon-drifts-slowly-away-from-earth-will-there-eventually-be-a-last-total-solar-eclipse/?sh=7ed11ca8316a
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoOkay, not as near as I thought, although I did mean “relatively” compared to the age of the Earth.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoOr, you know, me admitting I was wrong but still clarifying.
minus-squareladicius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoAnd the sun is expanding, too. May take a while but if you look closely you will notice. Just wait.
minus-squareRekonok@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI was concerned about my eyes so I asked google before. Gemini said it is ok to stare at it
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI followed it’s instructions and glued my eyes open!
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoWhat if the earth and moon hung out a bit more and developed some better shared hobbies or something? Can we heal this relationship and stop this drifting-apart problem?
But the moon is slowly drifting away from the Earth so it will not be true in the relatively near future.
In 500-650 million years
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/01/11/as-the-moon-drifts-slowly-away-from-earth-will-there-eventually-be-a-last-total-solar-eclipse/?sh=7ed11ca8316a
Okay, not as near as I thought, although I did mean “relatively” compared to the age of the Earth.
Good save there
Or, you know, me admitting I was wrong but still clarifying.
And the sun is expanding, too.
May take a while but if you look closely you will notice. Just wait.
I was concerned about my eyes so I asked google before.
Gemini said it is ok to stare at it
I followed it’s instructions and glued my eyes open!
What if the earth and moon hung out a bit more and developed some better shared hobbies or something? Can we heal this relationship and stop this drifting-apart problem?