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  • Left: An image of Europa taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft

  • Right: The end of a rusted 500 gallon propane tank belonging to my friend and photographed by me

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[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's as correct as anyone realistically can be

[–] RION@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

we mog those

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Europa is the second smoothest object in the solar system.

The first is Billy Dee Williams.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] CharcoalRushmoore@reddthat.com 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

[Scribbling] Thanks.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

I ain't no snitch - I've never seen either of them in my life, okay officer?
(/s)

[–] PapaEmeritusIII@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago
[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are these the bottom of pans?

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

spoilerYou're warm, but the shadows on these objects are natural because they're both (hemi)spherical. I just used the curves tool to deepen the dark tones on one of them to make the shadow more pronounced.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago
[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Cheeky bastard. I thought the one on the right was Europa, and the left was Lo... Didn't really recognize the one on the right though, but I assumed you were posting something legit and it's been a while since I've looked at celestial body pictures.