• khizuo [ze/zir]
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    597 months ago

    Imagine not having a moon the exact size and distance away from you so that it can perfectly blot out the sun during an eclipse. what a loser am i right.

    • edge [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      I saw someone say if we had contact with aliens, they’d be coming here in droves to see the amazing cosmic rarity of a total solar eclipse with a visible corona (especially on a habitable planet). Which honestly sounds about right.

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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        7 months ago

        It’s a minor plot point in the book Transition by Iain M Banks. It’s a great book. Read it

        I’m not ruining anything by saying this. It’s mentioned super early in the book.