What is that, an image for ants???

I absolutely cannot stand it when a site, especially a government site, doesn't post the original, high resolution, images. However, it seems like it's an archeological expedition to find the high resolution, high quality image.

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frereubu 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

For those too lazy to go digging:

https://cdn.xcancel.com/pic/orig/7498ED4A7CB57/media%2FGu8ks...

Original tweet: https://xcancel.com/Astro_Ayers/status/1940810789830451563

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js2 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

A link to an even higher resolution image was posted hours earlier:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44937613

https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2025/07/Nichole-Ayers-S...

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bilekas 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thank you, I don't think it's too unreasonable when talking about an amazing image to link to the image in the article to be fair.

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araes 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

From lfaw explanation linked below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939514

"The phenomenon took place at roughly 29°N 101.5°W over Coahuila, Mexico." That's ~50 miles from the Ciudad Acuña / Del Rio border crossing with Texas.

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th0ma5 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Surely X isn't the sole source for this?

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stronglikedan 4 days ago | parent [-]

Sure, why not? It's the sole source for a lot of things, just like reddit is the sole source for a lot of other things, so why go anywhere else?

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antonvs 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/05/r...

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MisterTea 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> Sure, why not?

People like me who have never used twitter. It makes no sense to spread this information across platforms.

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notyourwork 4 days ago | parent [-]

You don’t have to use twitter (I don’t).

	▲	MisterTea 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		But how would one know to look there for the high resolution image?

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waltwalther 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Thank you!

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porphyra 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Also all the social media links are wrong lol. I clicked on the instagram link to "nasascience" expecting to find a higher quality photo and it turned out to be some random Turkish dude with 3 posts and 1 follower.