Comment on Space is beautiful

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  time machine that lets you see into the past by simply looking at light

  You mean, this ?

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    lol

    Real time, tho. That way we can see photographs from before cameras, too. Watch what dinosaurs were doing n stuff.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Unfortunately light wouldn’t remain collimated over a 33 million light year distance which is what we would need to see dinosaurs

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        How about heat? Or some other radiation? 🤔

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• ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Alternatively, and slightly cheaper, put a satellite into orbit and just record everything on the ground it looks at, hang onto recordings for 10 years.

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  • InnerScientist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But that’s boring, doing it with light is way better.

    Also the governments already do that and don’t want to share.

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But that’s boring, doing it with light is way better.

      I get that it seems cooler, but you would be looking at recordings with gathered light either way.

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I can get nostalgia looking at my previous address on Maps because it shows my old Jetta in the driveway :D

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  • Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    As if we’re not already doing that

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    • ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Exactly, you can go on Google Earth right now and view the past.

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• icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wow that’s what the movie was called. It’s been on the back of my mind for years.

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