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I know you’re feeling crazy right now, im too appalled at HNers inability to comprehend such simple logic and yet sound so confidently wrong at the same time.
by vachina 2y ago
I know you’re feeling crazy right now, im too appalled at HNers inability to comprehend such simple logic and yet sound so confidently wrong at the same time.
How is it possible you’re looking at a light source, and still see the shadow of an object shining? Right? Unless there is another very bright light source behind, which in this case there isn’t.
- crazygringo 2y agoThank you for the validation! I was starting to think I was taking crazy pills. I believe I have solved it, I described it in another comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43452888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43452888 tl;dr: The bright object above is the sun, not the earth. The bright "object" on the horizon is a "doubling" reflection of the sun in one of the camera's lenses. It doesn't exist in reality. This happens when photographing the sun on earth as well with certain lenses. The earth is black and totally invisible, except that it's a tiny partial eclipse covering up a tiny bit of the sun at the top (clearer in other photos), which is why it's a little "flat" at the top. The photo is not the precise moment of sunset. The caption is entirely wrong.