What moonrise would look like if it was as far away as the ISS

Well that’s dramatic, and somehow extremely science fictional:



Via Dashburst:


In reality, though, if the moon was inside what is known at the Roche limit (or radius), the Earth’s gravitational pull would break the moon apart, likely forming a system of rings, which in turn would send the earth’s rotation out of whack and potentially destroy the planet in the process!


I would love to see a video like this of what the moon would look like if outside of the Roche limit.


And then I wonder what the t...

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Published on October 14, 2013 12:53
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