jodimeadows:spaceexp:universe—cosmos:Imagine how it would...

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spaceexp:

universe—cosmos:

Imagine how it would look if the Orion nebula is only four light years away - the distance the nearest star is to us, instead of 1,300 light years. It would be so bright that we wouldn’t be aware of the dark sky. We wouldn’t see other stars. The whole world would be the Orion nebula and the sun.

-The Universe 2x14: Nebulas

So, after some mess, here’s the Orion nebula gif from the original source.

Beautiful.

My favorite thing about this gif is the moon being...