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Eclipse

"time calculator"

yes there are stars - that being lights in the sky that we can only observe and record

black holes I would argue dont exist as there happen in a medium which can not exist that being outer space

Yes the illuminations in the sky in the shape of a circle does not mean they are earth and rock globes of substance

Why do we have pressure gradients?

if earth is a ball flying through a vacuum, why would we have any atmosphere anyway?

or liquid water

Did I say that?

I don't think anyone says that

There is no vacuum

1x10-17 torr

vs 760 torr

with no barrier

What's your definition of a vacuum?

No matter?

a perfect vacuum would mean no molecules at all

Ye, can't have that

no but 1x10-17torr is close enough. but more importantly....having a gradient without a barrier

no only would all the gas be gone but it never should have been here in the first place

Having a gradient full stop, why is there one?

we don't fully understand it yet

Aah

but then....we have no $$$

Of course

there are lots of questions we cannot answer

but then we don't have $55 million/day budget like NASA

Like solstices etc

give us just 1 days worth of their budget and we can answer lots of questions

What would you do with that money?

but at the end of the day, the surface always measures level

which is what we expect since water is always level

in fact even more level than using a laser

Flat does not mean level tho

correct. flat means no surface features

level means no curvature

Well, you can have a flat surface that's not level

and you can have level surface that is not flat (e.g. mountains)

but level always mean the same plane