Space Observation Awe
The cluster centers on users sharing profound emotional reactions, goosebumps, and surreal feelings from viewing high-resolution images or live sightings of planets like Jupiter, spacecraft such as ISS and Starlink, auroras, and eclipses.
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There's something about seeing a dot in the sky turn into a real picture that just hits you somewhere very primal, I know exactly the feeling although it's hard to explain. It's exactly what you expected to see except blurrier, but it's still like a punch to the gut. Jupiter and its moons are similar, easily seen with a little magnification.I find that if I sit with it a little bit, I can actually feel the reality of the situation, that I'm in fact looking at an objec
First time I'm hearing of space also. It looks quite impressive, surprised to see no stars
It still feels surreal to look at pictures from another planet.
I've seen one of these too a few years back. I'm waaay into astronomy but, in addition to being very exciting to see, it was still a bit unsettling because you have no immediate way of gauging how large the thing is, whether it might flatten a city nearby, or be 'the big one' (super slim chance, but tell that to your adrenaline).
Nice opening image, but what would the view be like from Earth?
I feel like I've just witnessed a comet passing or a lunar eclipse.
I'd like to see some shots of Earth too.
Amazing! Would this have been visible to the naked eye?
Images like this one give me goosebumps. It's another planet!
Our little trouble seem so tiny, when you see something like https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ctk7stYWEAA10jf.jpg:large and ponder on one of our vessel landing on there.(Don't astronauts feel a very strong version of this when they look back at the blue globe from space?)