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Lone in the world ?

The photograph below of our Sun was taken at high noon from the center of Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, Occitanie), using a superposition of infrared and neutral density filters. Is the appearance of this reflection on the line of sight an illusion or a reality? Read more ...

sous-menu Earth in the Universe : Introduction|The creation of the world|The movement of stars and planets

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Lone in the world ?

This is not because
the daytime sky is bright
that it is the realm of a single God.

This is not because
the nighttime sky is dark
that it doesn't shine a thousand lights.

So far from Earth,
dispersed over a sphere,
these stars bathed in ether
appear to be especially
shining and neighboring.

Each of them taken separately
now stands out clearly
from its close environment -
unable to lighten the darkness,
alone to fill the apparent emptiness.

Then arises a glint on the line of sight !
Evidence for the presence of another
body of particularly high density.

A black body, a dark matter,
whose gravitational effect breaks
the isolation of the bright star.

Our Sun observed in the infrared
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Photo Infos

Keywords : Infrared Sun, Toulouse, daytime sky, stars, night sky, ether, void, reflection, line of sight, black body, dark matter, gravitational lensing effect

Conference Slideshow

This photograph - accompanied by 21 other shots, makes up the slideshow of a lecture entitled « What are the limits of science? » given in 2016 at the Quai des Savoirs as well as at the Maison de la Philosophie in Toulouse (Occitanie). More info ...

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