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[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 12 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

This is an approximation, right? Because there's no giant cosmic mirror that lets us see our galaxy from far away like this?

[–] numberskull@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago

Just send a drone above the Milky Way and take a picture

[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

See the text in the bottom left of the image.