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The Path of Artemis II
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Innerworld lemmy.world Innerworld@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-16
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Link: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2604/moonGamera_velHighRes_3-3-2026c_artemisII_wind_1080p30_2.mp4

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200ok lemmy.world 200ok@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#2 · Quote Reply

What's all the stuff that looks like rain?
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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-03
#3 · Quote Reply
200ok wrote:
What's all the stuff that looks like rain?

I'm guessing it's radiation. It's bouncing off of the planets atmosphere.
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Kichae wanderingadventure.party kichae@wanderingadventure.party
Joined: 2025-02-28
#4 · Quote Reply
200ok wrote:
What's all the stuff that looks like rain?

200ok@lemmy.world Solar wind.
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dustycups aussie.zone prex@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-27
#5 · Quote Reply
TachyonTele wrote:
I'm guessing it's radiation. It's bouncing off of the planets atmosphere.

Magnetosphere?
I'm no magnetologist.
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TachyonTele piefed.social TachyonTele@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-03
#6 · Quote Reply
dustycups wrote:
Magnetosphere? I'm no magnetologist.

I think so? I'm not 100% so i just said atmosphere as a catch all
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President sh.itjust.works President@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-05-07
#7 · Quote Reply

This has way too many special effects for my tastes. People are going to the Moon, it doesn't need hyping up.
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Chais sh.itjust.works Chais@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-12
#8 · Quote Reply
TachyonTele wrote:
I'm guessing it's radiation. It's bouncing off of the planets atmosphere.

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.
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Zuriz sh.itjust.works Zuriz@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-10-17
#9 · Quote Reply

Which season of The Expanse is this intro from?
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200ok lemmy.world 200ok@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply
Kichae wrote:
200ok@lemmy.world Solar wind.

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