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[–] [email protected] 103 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I used to see people charitably, much like you do, until very recently. After witnessing for myself people staring into the sun and injuring themselves after being repeatedly warned, I now realize there are a substantial number of people who simply have rocks clattering around inside their skulls instead of brains

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I genuinely had someone stop and ask me why you can't see the moon during an eclipse because "it's got light in it right".

They're soon to replace our HR manager.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Answer: Light travels in straight lines (well, for this purpose) and the moon is roughly an opaque sphere. Maybe you could see it with earthshine, but I get the impression the corona is still much brighter.

I've heard dumber.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

The solar eclipse from Monday.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

There was a listener question on a science podcast recently that asked about how the temperature changed on the moon during the recent solar eclipse.

They almost got what a solar eclipse was, but not quite. During a solar eclipse, the moon gets between the sun and the earth, blocking the light getting to the earth and casting a shadow on the earth. The side of the moon facing the earth is completely dark because the thing that normally lights it up (the sun) is completely behind it. But, the back side of the moon is getting full sun and just as hot as normal.

I think part of the problem with understanding all this is that the sun is just so insanely bright. Like, it's a bit hard to believe that the full moon is so bright just because it's reflecting sunlight. It's also amazing that the "wandering stars" (planets) look like stars when they're just blobs of rocks or gases that are reflecting the insanely bright light of the sun.

It's amazing if you think about it. Light comes out of the sun in every possible direction. A tiny fraction of it hits the surface of Mercury, and only some of that light is reflected back out. The light reflected from Mercury goes in almost every direction. A tiny fraction of it hits the earth. But, even with that indirect bounce, it's bright enough to see with the naked eye.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit this. And not even "educated" people. Where I work is about half degree holding engineers... many of these engineers were seen outside staring at the partial eclipse Monday.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Sounds like your typical engineer. I passed fluid dynamics, I deserve to look at the big ball of plasma.

My eyes haven't hurt this bad since studying for differential equations theory..... Have I told you I'm an engineer?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

"Pfff I have a master's degree I know what I'm doing"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There was a solar eclipse when I was in grade six. One of my classmates was riding his bike home, and was stupidly looking at the eclipse, and got hit by a car. The irony.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

So you're somewhere between 18 and 58 than

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Ladies and gentlemen, we gottem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Omg that’s so messed up but so incredible haha, was he okay after?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

It was pretty bad. He missed a lot of school. I think he ended up repeating grade six. I never saw him much after that, but I did hear that he got married to another person I went to school with eventually, so presumably his life wasn't ruined or anything.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I'm curious if he was okay before.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean? Sun is blocked = no sun rays = not blinded when staring directly. The logic is sound! Just like in programming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I mean, that is true when 100% blocked (totality)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

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