@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years agoIt’s midwinter, but it’s over 100 degrees in South Americawww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1220cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•2 years agoIt’s definitely one of those things that seems obvious once you think about it but not something you would necessarily come to on your own. Here’s another; an image of the moon from the southern hemisphere appears upside down compared to the moon you’re likely familiar with.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoThe Moon thing does make sense. But I genuinely thought Earth’s orbit had more eccentricity than that, and didn’t know the rotational axis was that skewed. Certified science moment
It’s definitely one of those things that seems obvious once you think about it but not something you would necessarily come to on your own.
Here’s another; an image of the moon from the southern hemisphere appears upside down compared to the moon you’re likely familiar with.
The Moon thing does make sense. But I genuinely thought Earth’s orbit had more eccentricity than that, and didn’t know the rotational axis was that skewed.
Certified science moment