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doctorspike@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Tell me you live in a city without telling me you live in a city.

But srsly it’s because it’s beautiful and unique every time. And the sun is below the horizon when we are looking

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douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Reddit quality toxicity right here.

And on NoStupidQuestions of all places.

Can we not?

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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Even as the sun isn’t below the horizon…. You’re not usually looking at the sun.

OP probably also wonders why people look at stars. “Milky Way ain’t real, man!” Was a depressing thing a kid told me.

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- ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I wasn’t exactly wondering about the appeal. I got that. I was more-so wondering how people don’t go blind since looking at the sun can make you permanently blind. My title was worded badly.
  
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  - FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    you can glance at the sun for brief moments and not got blind. it’s long term staring that becomes the problem. When watching the sunset, it’s usually everything else that’s being watched.
    
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    ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Oh ok, so we usually look at everything else (like the colours and stuff) + glancing at the sun for a few seconds is fine + the sun is less blind inducing during dawn and dusk (from a different person’s comment). I think I understand this now, thanks!
    
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- caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Well yeah, that’s because it’s actually a photo of the Andromeda galaxy.
  
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