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[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 4 points 4 days ago

It's because we're looking at a different side of the planet in the second photo.

Yet but still if you superimpose the second image over the first you’ll see the whole planet had gotten smaller.

[-] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 3 days ago

No, I get that. That's only because we're looking at a different side. It's the same size on the other

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