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Canuckistanian

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5. I'm always amazed

Fri May 18, 2012, 08:42 PM

May 2012

That they can make these determinations from what looks to be an ordinary image.

But someone noticed the subtle difference and analyzed it further. And no doubt studied it in depth using methods that we can't immediately imagine.

It's like how the first astronomer figured out that these tiny, unexplained variations in star brightness were actually PLANETS passing in front of the star - again, amazing.

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