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Related: About this forum8-hour time-lapse shows Earth rotating while capturing the Milky Way.
Stunning! An 8-hour time-lapse to show the Earth is rotating while capturing the Milky Way.
— Insta Science (@instascience.bsky.social) 2025-07-16T14:30:00.295Z
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8-hour time-lapse shows Earth rotating while capturing the Milky Way. (Original Post)
edbermac
Jul 16
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AllaN01Bear
(26,545 posts)1. howdi.
thanks for sharing this capture . this has helped answer a loooooooooong lasting question that i asked myself a long time ago. even though its a timelapse movie . it demonstrates it purrffectly. ive seen others like this on youtube .
CloudWatcher
(2,056 posts)2. More info ...
Jim__
(14,803 posts)8. Thanks for that explanation - it helped me to understand what I was seeing.
erronis
(20,677 posts)3. Well worth the watch in full screen mode. Too bad flat-earthers can't see this!
Or other science-challenged mouth breathers.
SCantiGOP
(14,548 posts)4. Thanks for the post
Very cool
Figarosmom
(7,060 posts)5. Wow....nt
SleeplessinSoCal
(10,197 posts)6. I recall being on the coast of Maine one summer evening.
Looked up, pointed, and asked what was that? It was the Milky Way. Stunned that it looked so close. Embarrassed that I didn't know.
Uncle Joe
(62,396 posts)7. That was mind blowing

Thanks for the thread edbermac