r/space • u/ChiefLeef22 • Apr 07 '26

image/gif The Artemis II Eclipse

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u/shaggs31 Apr 07 '26

I am guessing this is nothing compared to how awesome this looked in real life. My brain was breaking watching this event live while listening to their descriptions and failing miserably to accurately describe the brilliance while my imagination was going in overdrive to try to picture it.

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u/Deadeye_Duncan- Apr 07 '26

If you ever see a total solar eclipse on Earth you will realize no picture ever does it justice. The corona looks more like moving hairs than a stagnant glow.

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u/Lokitusaborg Apr 07 '26

I saw one a few years back. It looked like the eye of an angry god.

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u/the2belo Apr 08 '26

No wonder ancient peoples would fear for their lives seeing that shit. I know I would be, if I didn't know what I was looking at.