This is what 7 minutes of exposure time looks like on a dark, moonless night at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley (USA)!peeweekid OP t1_jdxfufx wrote
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Oh yes, it's quite crazy how much we can capture which we can't see ourselves!
Euphoric_Station_763 t1_jdxu95k wrote
And yes, you are right; it takes millions of years for that “light” to escape the Sun’s gravitational pull and travel to Earth. Once it escapes it gets here in 8.3 seconds or so. Light must love getting away after such a long gestation.
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