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Imagine planet Earth from an outsider's point of view. From many light-years away, it probably wouldn't seem all that impressive through some sort of futuristic telescope technology. Anyone watching Earth as a transiting exoplanet wouldn't see our world as a vibrant oasis suffused with blue, green, and tan, as it appears in up-close satellite images. They would simply see a lump of rock getting in the way of the Sun.

The real fun would start if those looking could zoom in more. A lot more. So much they could spy on our lives. If that sounds interesting to you as well, there's a Twitter account that shows our everyday life without any filters. Out of Context Human Race shares fan-submitted images (and sometimes videos) that paint a broad picture of what's going on around here. Continue scrolling and check some of them out.

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Drew
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

RIP Sean Lock 😥 Let's bump this one up please

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    Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer at Cornell University, enlisted the help of Jackie Faherty, an astrophysicist who works at Hayden Planetarium, and together they took on the task of identifying stars that might host alien worlds where the residents—past, present, or future—would have a chance of detecting Earth as a transiting exoplanet.

    In other words, these planets would have just the right vantage point to observe a slight dip in the brightness of our sun as Earth crosses, or transits, in front of it. It's actually the most successful method we use to find planets beyond our solar system as they orbit around their own host stars, creating tiny blips in the light we can see with astronomical instruments.

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    In June, Kaltenegger and Faherty announced their results in Nature with an extensive list of stars that have either had, or will later have, the required orientation to discover our planet. Using a time range from 5,000 years ago (a period when civilizations on Earth first began to sprout) to 5,000 years into the future, the duo identified over 2,000 stars.

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    Not only does their study provide a resource to exoplanet hunters by highlighting which stars they can pay attention to, but it also reminds about our unique—and a bit unsettling—visibility to the rest of the universe. "I felt spied on a little bit," Faherty told WIRED, remembering the uncanny sensation of being overexposed. "Do I want to be on a planet that can be found?"

    Do you? Who knows, maybe Out of Context Human Race aren't the only ones watching us.

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    beastmachine.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So is it possible to buy a Dutch pillow and return it saying that it's a French one and asking for the refund amount of French pillow?

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    Brian Bennett
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like it is specifically made for gulls!

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    Ancsuri
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Daniel is waiting in the box...

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    Lauren Caswell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Karl Pilkington is a walking out of context human ^-^

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    Serial pacifist
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, a black belt in passive-aggressive cynicism. I salute you, sensei.

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    J
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CAPTCHAs are getting tricky these days.

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    Scagsy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once told the missus to hurry up and finish watering the garden before it rains. I seem to remember suddenly becoming wet myself.

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    IzzieM
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope the person who did this gets the help he needs...the article was a blast to read, though!

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    Vic
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "12 more cans than 3" would be more lucrative, no?

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    Serial pacifist
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, a non-man slew his Nazgul and now he has to take the subway. Tough days for the darkers.

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    Eva the Egg
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the guy I need. Come to my nearest supermarket now

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    JB
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are Irish ones. And, just as Irish Whiskey is triple distilled while Scotch is double distilled, Irish bagpipes play 2 octaves and Scottish ones just one. https://comparebagpipes.com/bagpipes/irish-bagpipes/

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    Scagsy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they coloured in a wonderful picture of a unicorn crossing a stream and lived happily ever after.

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    Brandy Grote
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't use vaseline. It's not designed for that, is drying, and you may get irritated from it. Water based lube, lots of it, and patience are what's needed.

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    Mark Howell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Swindon was a small village when this was built. Then people who entered it just settled there rather than trying to get out ;o)

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    CH1990
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Took me a while to find out where those legs in the window came from xD

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    Scagsy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Safest man in Scotland stood in front of the most confused man in Scotland.

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    Monday
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be pretty damn happy with 3rd place too

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    Caro Caro
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anyone who takes an iq test online is dumb.

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    Bathsheba
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is no context that excuses this.

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    JB
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alcohol goes bad? Quick, to the liquor cabinet!

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    Al Cook
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does anyone know what the content of that actually is?

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    KJ
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Less Carling to drink is a win in my book.

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    Brandy Grote
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What do you think the CDC does? They also store viruses and diseases to study them.

    Scagsy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That number has recently and rather suspiciously dropped to 1499.

    lara
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Evidently storage safety doesn't work too well.

    Richard Grady
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have the exact same -80° cooler at my university, and it’s full of marine and freshwater borne viruses lol

    Rob Woollard
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except covid 19. I think that one escaped

    Alexandru Bucur
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    I'm not up for conspiracy theories, but this is too much of a coincidence not to warrant close scrutiny, and apparently the WHO agrees with that assessment. I mean, I can totally see this as being a case of gross incompetence and possibly greed, like a low level employee swiping a couple of bats to sell in the wet market next door for a quick extra yuan and after the outbreak started everyone tried to cover their asses and then the CCP moved in and swept everything under the rug because the CCP is never wrong ever and everything is perfect and our great leader XI is a genius and China is a communist worker's paradise, etc.

    Watching
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The moment y'all start using that CCP crap we know you have no credibility whatsoever.

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please continue to report racist comments. We don't want racists on Bored Panda.

    LazyPanda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how the poster saved this for last because they knew the mess they were about to create

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    Anta Babb
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    whoops, someone else said the same thing above already

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    Paul Wairegi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then they (Chinieese) told the american-WHO research team "we don't know s**t about where that virus came from". DRAGONSHITTTTT😅😠😫😠

    Dillon Hughes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well house one less now... haha

    WorldNeedsReboot
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when you create a new virus, and release it to the world (with help from other countries), that's an issue

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    4 years ago

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    could you like not

    shep ona
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    China should be on the hook to pay for this mess. Even if it was an accident, it's their fault. And they covered it up for months.

    N S
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In which case, the US should pay up for the Spanish flu (20million dead after the US army imported it to Spain).

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So that's at least 1500 more variants of the Covid virus to be released.

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    Thankful they do, since the Chinese medical science team was on the Corona strain super fast and shared the information with the world, acting much better to humanity than some other countries officials (who shall remain nameless).

    Al Cook
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    Are you kidding??? There's a heap of evidence that they hid the spread of the virus for months (most likely to deliberately spread it around the world) before they notified the WHO.

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    T Simmons
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    4 years ago

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    Biggest man made disaster ever

    Vaida Kuodytė
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    I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but China has profited a lot from the pandemic.

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    I don't ever go for conspiracy theories, but this one is just too convenient and there is more than just the usual circumstantial evidence. It really should still be referred to as the "Chinese virus", to shame them into admitting what they did. They hate being shamed.

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    I'd call it the "CCP Virus" or the "Xi Virus", because I have it on good authority the Party and the "great leader" like being shamed even less...

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