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A few days ago someone posted a time lapse video of the aurora from MT (I think). Guy was a professional photographer, so the quality of excellent. I can't seem to locate it now, but if you get a chance to watch it, it's worth it. [Reply]
NG 1277 is a supermassive black hole that weighs ~17 billion times the mass of the Sun (plus or minus 3 billion solar masses). That kind of mass is just completely unfathomable. The size and the amount of gravity involved at this location is straight up on levels that are incapable of the human mind to even comprehend.
The amount of energy in this solar flare from our sun is just absolutely off the charts. You could fit hundreds of planet Earths within the solar flare outreach. If this were directed right at Earth, it could have really been destructive.
Elephants in India have learned to use their massive size to straight up block the path of trucks carrying sweet sweet sugar cane. Demanding a brief nom nom tax before allowing passage...
The Huang Twins have created an excellent scale of the universe app/tool/toy. It's my favorite, anyway. Humans are gods, and humans are next to nothing. It's all relative.
Originally Posted by stumppy:
The Huang Twins have created an excellent scale of the universe app/tool/toy. It's my favorite, anyway. Humans are gods, and humans are next to nothing. It's all relative.