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Intractable

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6. It's not a widescreen video -- period. It doesn't matter where or how you watch it.

Reply to Figarosmom (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 20, 2026, 01:59 AM

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It's still a vertical strip on the screen.

These Earth rotation videos are nothing new. The photographer ran the marathon, but stopped in the 25th mile.

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It is the earth that moves. Not the stars. In video [View all] Figarosmom Tuesday OP

Not earth, not Stars.. mind moving WheelWalker Tuesday #1

That is really cool photography, and puts our tiny speck of the universe into perspective. But being pedantic, Bluetus Tuesday #2

"the stars are all moving too" JoseBalow Tuesday #3

All that effort to set up the tripod and motors, and he films it with a phone. Intractable Tuesday #4

Clink in the corner Figarosmom Tuesday #5

It's not a widescreen video -- period. It doesn't matter where or how you watch it. Intractable Tuesday #6

Your screen name suits you. Figarosmom Tuesday #7

Unnecessary nastiness. An obvious misinterpretation of an English language word. Intractable Tuesday #9

each moves relative to the other n/t rampartd Tuesday #8

Yes, everything is in motion reltive to everything else. But each object Bluetus Tuesday #10