Thinking about solar eclipses again.

And about how the angular size of the sun and the moon being near identical is just like, luck.

@starkatt Oh yeah. The moon took up far more space in the sky in the distant past, and in the distant future it'll be too far away for total solar eclipses to happen at all.

For now though, the full moon serves as a lovely little sun of the night, to all the creatures that dwell within it. 🐺🌕💙

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