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We would like to say that you can't argue with photographic evidence but some people can and DO argue that the Earth is actually flat. If you're not a government clone of a celebrity (like Tila Tequila) or if you believe in science, you'll still love these amazing pictures of Earth from outer space.

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Amazing how much lightning can strike our planet in a short timeFlying from North Africa over Turkey towards Russia in this timelapse (this is speeded up; travelling about 5500 km would take around 10-12 minutes, covered here in 30 seconds).
Posted by Tim Peake on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

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Astronaut Tim Peake posted a time lapse video from the International Space Station (ISS) that caught a particularly striking view of lightening as it flew over Earth. According to the caption, all these lightening strikes happened in a matter of minutes:

Flying from North Africa over Turkey towards Russia in this timelapse (this is speeded up; travelling about 5500 km would take around 10-12 minutes, covered here in 30 seconds).

As the ISS orbits the Earth astronauts living in the space station have the chance to take amazing time lapse video like this and others.

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Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal installed this sculpture in a park in Liege, Belgium.

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Uh, let's not forget about this Eldritch abomination from that recent story about a good old fashioned livestock drama. Alright, that being said the Sun really is a deadly laser. Yikes. Fear the old gods, indeed.

A Tumblr thread about the closest things earth has to Eldritch abomination gods | gayarsonist are sun ocean and nuclear radiation michaelshelleys sun: unfathomably ancient, here before all us and will outlive us all by billions years its light is so strong prolonged exposure can burn or blind even millions miles away once worshipped as god by various religions and cults who made sacrifices appease will eventually expand as burns

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