Thread: Strange and Unusual Facts

Originally Posted by sabang

A few posters here have already done that. Perhaps even more.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

For most of the world outside of the USA, nah.

and technically it would be 01, 20, 2021.

Woudl it not?

The rest of the world will have to wait for 12th February...12 02 2021

What sunset looks like from space...

Well preserved mosaics of a Roman villa found under a vineyard in Negrar, Italy.

A copy of the Bible entirely in braille.

It can get as low as -40c in Finland during the winter. The trees get covered in so much snow on frost, it ends up looking like a landscape on another planet.

The Andromeda Galaxy - to get a shot like this, the photographer used a telescope and cooled his camera to -21c.

The Costa Rican "Glass Frog" has skin that's almost transparent allowing you to see its organ structure.

^

Probably not from USA so neither blind, nor stupid.

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Probably not from USA

Originally Posted by tomcat

The Costa Rican "Glass Frog"

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The moon photographed over 28 days in the same place and at the same time.

The inventor of the Pringles can was cremated and buried in one.

Originally Posted by tomcat

The moon photographed over 28 days in the same place and at the same time.

How can that occur ? The moon rises at a different time every day.

...those are clearly porridge bowls in mid-toss...

Originally Posted by Latindancer

How can that occur ? The moon rises at a different time every day.

Hence the moon being in a different position at the same time of day in the photo you bellend.

...^555...

Originally Posted by tomcat

The Andromeda Galaxy - to get a shot like this, the photographer used a telescope and cooled his camera to -21c.

Why did he cool his camera?

^ Good question. You can get a pretty decent shot using a DSLR on a telescope these days. Just as long as the telescope is programmed to stay fixed to the galaxy.

Originally Posted by tomcat

...^555...

Isn't the moon relatively stationary? It is we who move?

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Isn't the moon relatively stationary?

Relative, yes

We orbit around the sun, the moon orbits around us... I think.

And we spin

The moon doesn't--I think

Originally Posted by helge

And we spin

The moon doesn't--I think

555


Yes, it does.

It's called synchronous rotation. The moon spins on its axis in the same length of time it takes to orbit Earth. It's tidally locked to Earth, so we only see one side (the near side) +/- 8%, despite it rotating/spinning.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Yes, it does.

Ok

But it does have a half that you'd never see- I think