A Perfect Shot

[officermike@lemmy.world]

It's not our Sun but a different star 20 light years away.

[karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de]

It's 20 years for us, but for the photon, almost no time passes from being ejected from the photosphere to hitting the cow's retina.

[foobarrington@lemmy.world]

As is evidenced by the fact it's night time

[disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world]

Relatively speaking.

[disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world]

Your comment is a great example of an animal enjoying beauty.

[karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de]

Reminds me of a relatively funny joke:

Why do photons have insomnia? Because they have no rest frame.

[boobaawooga@lemmynsfw.com]

Oopsie I read it as the other photon said just a single light year away, my b

[boobaawooga@lemmynsfw.com]

Oopsie I read it as the other photon said just a single light year away, my b

[darkcloud@lemmy.world]

Technically it could be our Sun, and they're an alien species of cow like beings on their own planet far away from Earth.

[telcontar@lemmy.today]

Oooh it's a bull's-eye! I was getting all sentimental with the twinkle in the eye and how even cows appreciate beauty... It's a freaking pun

[zoopzezoop@lemmy.world]

I'm glad you said something! What a great conclusion to his comic.

[tias@discuss.tchncs.de]

Fun fact: according to our models the photon doesn't exactly travel in a straight line and hit the eye of the cow. It's a probability wave that spreads out across an astronomical range. It might as well "hit" Mars instead of the Earth. What actually happens is that the huge wave randomly interacts with the eye of the cow. At that time the probability collapses into a certainty (the photon), making it impossible for the wave to interact with anything elsewhere in the universe.

[codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

The Two-headed Calf

By Laura Gilpin

Tomorrow when the farm boys find this
freak of nature, they will wrap his body
in newspaper and carry him to the museum.

But tonight he is alive and in the north
field with his mother. It is a perfect
summer evening: the moon rising over
the orchard, the wind in the grass.

And as he stares into the sky, there
are twice as many stars as usual.

[drcobaltjedi@programming.dev]

Studies have shown bears will stop and enjoy the scenery from time to time.

[aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Even better: traveling at light speed means that from their point of view it takes zero time to get there.

[azzu@lemm.ee]

It seems very sure that it's a light particle... I like the vibes.

[dmention7@lemm.ee]

I totally missed that. Honestly, it's a solid comic without the pun, but that kicks it up another level! Love it

[onionguy@lemm.ee]

That is beautiful. Thank you.

[prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works]

… do some of us go on the journey with the cow who sees the light and others on the journey with the cow how doesn’t?

Or are we already on the path with the cow and our other is on the path with their cow?

[ramble81@lemm.ee]

I am so glad others have this thought. I look at stars and realize that particular particle hit my eye from that far away.