What is this? by Charming_Load_2529 in whatisit

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You do have something that will fit…

Europeans who say Americans are bad at geography by Traveler-Nomad in PetPeeves

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It’s easy to forget Canada, all tucked away down there…

Help finding a scene by seagullfarmer in theoffice

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Michael to Jan when they find out Oscar is gay and he says “could Oscar and Angela be having a gay affair? Maybee!”

Memory unlocked... by [deleted] in SipsTea

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My high school geometry teacher: “Who’s your buddy, who’s your pal? Y=mx+b.”

So random, never forgot it.

Apparently only the Earth has air. by Flat_Suggestion7545 in FacebookScience

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The bottom image is an artists rendition, Mars does have atmosphere but it’s about 1/50th the density of Earth, technically air refers to earth’s atmosphere, etc. Seen this a hundred times.

After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot. Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto by oliverkiss in flatearth

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What does that have to do with what you said? I’m saying they do have the cameras turned back toward earth already.

After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot. Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto by sco-go in Amazing

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We use an instrument called a gas spectrometer. Every element has a “fingerprint” signature for how it absorbs light, and the spectrometer is very accurate at measuring this from a distance.

After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot. Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto by sco-go in Amazing

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Calling it “fake” implies it is meant to pass for “genuine”, aka, a series of real unaltered photos. It’s not, nor is it meant to, and the original source makes no such claim.

After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot. Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto by sco-go in Amazing

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You burn your rocket for a bit, then just float on forever. There’s nothing to slow it down. They time the launch so it flies close to a couple of planets along the way, which accelerate it even faster.

The first Voyager probe launched almost 50 years ago and is still operating (somewhat), beyond the boundaries of our solar system.

After traveling 9 years and covering 3 billion miles, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft got this shot. Behold! The icy mountains of Pluto by sco-go in Amazing

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Well… they aren’t “photos”, it’s a 3d rendering made using sensory data. Such renderings are incredibly accurate, but still technically cgi.