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For those too lazy to go digging: https://cdn.xcancel.com/pic/orig/7498ED4A7CB57/media%2FGu8ksxHWYAAyHEq.jpg https://cdn.xcancel.com/pic/orig/7498ED4A7CB57/med

• waltwalther 1y ago
  Thank you!
• bilekas 1y ago
  Thank you, I don't think it's too unreasonable when talking about an amazing image to link to the image in the article to be fair.
• th0ma5 1y ago
  Surely X isn't the sole source for this?
  • stronglikedan 1y ago
    Sure, why not? It's the sole source for a lot of things, just like reddit is the sole source for a lot of other things, so why go anywhere else?
    • antonvs 1y ago
      https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/05/racism-misogyny-lies-how-did-x-become-so-full-of-hatred-and-is-it-ethical-to-keep-using-it https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/05/r...
    • MisterTea 1y ago
      > Sure, why not? People like me who have never used twitter. It makes no sense to spread this information across platforms.
      • notyourwork 1y ago
        You don’t have to use twitter (I don’t).
        • MisterTea 1y ago
          But how would one know to look there for the high resolution image?
• js2 1y ago
  A link to an even higher resolution image was posted hours earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44937613 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44937613 https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2025/07/Nichole-Ayers-Sprite1.jpeg https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2025/07/Nichole-Ayers-S...
• araes 1y ago
  From lfaw explanation linked below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939514 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939514 "The phenomenon took place at roughly 29°N 101.5°W over Coahuila, Mexico." That's ~50 miles from the Ciudad Acuña / Del Rio border crossing with Texas.