The Path of Artemis II

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2604/moonGamera_velHighRes_3-3-2026c_artemisII_wind_1080p30_2.mp4

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President@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 127d (4 replies)

This has way too many special effects for my tastes. People are going to the Moon, it doesn't need hyping up.

degenerate_neutron_matter@fedia.io · 14 pts · 127d (3 replies)
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reptar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 127d (2 replies)

That is fucking awesome.

Somehow I've not really paying that much attention, which is weird cause I've been on this reading marathon after not really reading since I was a kid, and it's all sci-fi. Lots of space.

That first orbit maneuver is so cool. Distances scaled correctly? I guess I just mean 1px in x and in y are equal? I'm often telling people the moon is quite far away. It would be even better with earth and moon diameter to scale.

degenerate_neutron_matter@fedia.io · 3 pts · 126d (1 reply)
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reptar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 126d

Thanks for the link!

Zuriz@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 127d

Which season of The Expanse is this intro from?

200ok@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 127d (6 replies)

What's all the stuff that looks like rain?

kichae@wanderingadventure.party · 4 pts · 127d (1 reply)

200ok@lemmy.world Solar wind.

200ok@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 126d

I searched for graphics ("images") depicting solar wind and that's totally it. Thank you!

TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 127d (3 replies)

I'm guessing it's radiation. It's bouncing off of the planets atmosphere.

prex@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 127d (1 reply)

Magnetosphere?
I'm no magnetologist.

TachyonTele@piefed.social · 1 pts · 127d

I think so? I'm not 100% so i just said atmosphere as a catch all

Chais@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 127d

Magnetosphere mostly. Only the part that's funneled along the field lines towards the poles makes it to the atmosphere, where it might be visible as aurora.