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Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014) by bdeshi on Monday December 09, 2019 @05:30AM (#21741583)
this video[1] by Dr James O'Donoghue really made me stop and consider how slow the fastest possible speed is, relative to the awesome vastness of space. I mean how many people have actually paused for 8:20 mins and thought, "wow that's a really long time for light to arrive from that star that seems like a stone's throw away!"

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9D5tSbxudQ

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Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014) by snowwrestler on Monday December 09, 2019 @09:22AM (#21742846)
Here's my favorite version of the same idea; it's a bit more immersive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BmXK1eRo0Q

It usually only takes about 15 secs for people to go "wow, that doesn't seem very fast at all."

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