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Eh, that’s a Y-wing using reverse thrusters (which honestly I didn’t know were a thing)

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That’s really nice actually. I have only ever lived in a city either tucson or Phoenix and so when I think of moving somewhere the sky is visible I think of people driving 20-30 min for their groceries or only having 1 option for grocery shopping.

Edit: I could capitalize tucson but if you lived there or even visited you’d understand why autocorrect won’t capitalize it.

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I agree. Purple is a common funeral color and when my eyes were first drawn there and moving up the dark ground (looks like lava?) to the mountains, It's a beautiful scene but it tilts toward the end of life. Up higher you see the stars and the vastness of space and suddenly it tilts toward a new beginning. Apologies for sappiness but I like the range of feelings.

Ah I'm a 5 mins walk or a 7 min drive, so much less of a compromise.

I'd want it to be even darker for 30 mins XD

This is the only reason I’d live 30+ min from the closest grocery store.

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Did they?

Maxar Technologies seems to be a company dedicated to "Integrated space infrastructure and Earth intelligence capabilities that make global change visible, information actionable and space accessible." - basically, selling the data satellites already have.

Plant says "Planet revolutionized the earth observation industry with the highest frequency satellite data commercially available."

When companies make claims about their "data management projects", they aren't constructing satellites - they're marketing the information that's obtained by 'em.

So, we come back to your question: Did they pay for their own satellites?

"Rosette nebula", yeah right. I recognize the Eye of Terror when I see it.

They paid for their own satellite that took the image?

Thanks! I love the night sky. I also enjoy finding cool foregrounds, too. The flowers were just so pretty.

I love that picture, great work and thank you for sharing. Interesting range of moods that it brings out.

You should repost this over at r/ufos and see how many people believe it's a flying saucer

So two companies have inserted themselves into this process as middlemen marketing something which really ought to be freely available to everyone.

Thanks for clarifying how useless these two companies truly are. 🤙

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First thing that popped in my head too “that’s a covenant spirit”

Is supercritical co2 optically clear like air?

That plane looks like it’s on fire. …And falling.

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Thank you, your pictures are great