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Anonymous Tue Jul 26 18:58:31 2016 No.8229756 [View]
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Why are the true distances between objects in space not commonly taught? I mean just look at this image... People seem to think that the moon sits right next to earth like it does in most images, when in reality it is actually very far away.

Take a look at this: http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html
(press the little C icon in the bottom right to travel at the speed of light)

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