r/spaceporn • u/feeling_impossible • Feb 07 '18

Surreal, absurd, outlandish, preposterous... But there it is. The entire earth clearly reflected off the side of a car. [1920x1080]

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Is there a window in the cargo bay?

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u/NotTimHeidecker Feb 07 '18

Nope - the car is just fully exposed.

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u/Lg88slc Feb 07 '18

The vacuum of space doesn’t have an effect on the car?

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u/Claytonius_Homeytron Feb 07 '18

It hasn't been up there long enough to have any real visible changes. With enough time you'll see the paint jog get bleached, but that could take decades maybe.

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u/columbus8myhw Feb 07 '18

It was in the Van Allen belts for several hours so it's probably a bit radioactive though

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u/Lg88slc Feb 07 '18

That’s pretty interesting.

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u/evolutionary_defect Feb 07 '18

Wasnt there some worry about electricity doing some weird shit to it in the allen belts? Am I imagining that?

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u/columbus8myhw Feb 07 '18

No idea, but it's not like we're gonna drive it ever again anyway

EDIT: I heard they took out the car battery, maybe that's why they did it

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u/Dan_Q_Memes Feb 07 '18

Region dense with highly charged particles + electronics is not a great combo, but it was shielded or redundant enough to work. Ionizing radiation is bad for organics and electronics alike, but it isn't undefeatable.

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u/evolutionary_defect Feb 07 '18

Damn space, always has to be deadly, like it thinks we're not supposed to be there or sumthin