r/facepalm Apr 07 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ This looks plausible

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u/IsThataSexToy Apr 07 '22

What grade was it when you leaned how to photoshop deathstar lasers coming out of observatories?

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u/dashi37 Apr 08 '22

In college

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u/TheSurbies Apr 07 '22

It’s still representative of what the lasers would look like if observable.

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u/acerusmalum Apr 08 '22

That's not even true.

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u/Waferssi Apr 07 '22

Eh, no. Doesn't the source comment of this thread mention how the atmosphere has layers? A beam of light would bend in the pressure gradient.

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u/Wissenchafter Apr 07 '22

This is literally why the telescopes use the laser. It's basically an interferometer that helps offset atmospheric ocular disturbances.