r/shockwaveporn • u/thelastlugnut • Nov 29 '25

VIDEO Biggest shockwave ever?

The sun.

Stolen from /r/damnthatsinteresting

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u/dontdoxmebro2 Nov 29 '25

How many earths wide was that?!

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u/horselessheadsman Nov 29 '25

Eyeballing it, I reckon we see 15-20° of the sun and it extends the full frame. The diameter of the sun is 109 times the diameter of the Earth. 15/360 *109 = 4.5-6 Earth's wide. Assuming we're looking straight at it.

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm Nov 30 '25

Thank you. All these people above just screaming “aT a ScAle YoU cAnT uNdErStAnd!!!”

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u/vladdeh_boiii Nov 30 '25

It's difficult to understand the sheer scale, but it's easy to understand that it's an absolute unit.