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Nitram

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33. The second one is absurd.

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2015, 08:19 AM

Feb 2015

We can see other galaxies, such as the Andromeda galaxy, with the naked eye. The statement "All the stars you see at night are just part of this yellow circle" is seriously in error.

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These twenty-five mind blowing photos will make you completely reevaluate your vision of the world. [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 OP

Amazing liberal N proud Feb 2015 #1

we are star dust. we are awesome! Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #3

I skeered shenmue Feb 2015 #2

hold me! Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #4

Way cool. nt valerief Feb 2015 #5

the vastness. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #11

Yes, like the neuron set in my brain that wants to remember something and the neuron set where valerief Feb 2015 #22

Super cool. lovemydog Feb 2015 #6

a new perspective on things, yeah Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #12

No. 2 bends my brain aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #7

IKR .. but, I like thinking about the rings around earth. That one is my fave, I think. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #13

That's because #2 is not true. Nitram Feb 2015 #34

Wow! My mind is totally blown! RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #8

lol Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #14

And even those do not capture the vastness of our universe. zeemike Feb 2015 #9

truth is stragner than fiction Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #15

Mermaids smok seaweed...I love that. zeemike Feb 2015 #19

K&R! Omaha Steve Feb 2015 #10

wow, lookee at all your hearts !! Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #17

if I could redecorate Kali Feb 2015 #16

one can never have enough moons, I think Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2015 #18

stalled Kali Feb 2015 #28

I always liked the Atlas of the Universe (not updated, though) MisterP Feb 2015 #20

And out of all this... OnlinePoker Feb 2015 #21

Are we on the good ship lollypop polynomial Feb 2015 #23

An interesting viewpoint from the speed of light >>>> Roland99 Feb 2015 #24

Good to be reminded of not so much how small we are LiberalLovinLug Feb 2015 #25

Zaphod Beeblebrox - How does this NOT affect you?? benld74 Feb 2015 #26

I would totally dig the rings! n/t Tom_Foolery Feb 2015 #27

They forgot one ... GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #29

"Size matters not." kentauros Feb 2015 #30

An oddity of Space seveneyes Feb 2015 #31

mark to return to tomorrow rurallib Feb 2015 #32

The second one is absurd. Nitram Feb 2015 #33

Perhaps #2 should read... Nitram Feb 2015 #35

"Infinity always gives me vertigo... Beaverhausen Feb 2015 #36