This real-time video illustrating how long it takes light to travel from the sun is mind-blowing stuff

John Plunkett. Updated October 1st, 2019

We thought we knew about the speed of light but it turns out we know a lot less than we thought we did.

This real-time video shared by Dr James O’Donoghhue illustrating just that (and more) went viral on Reddit, presumably because we weren’t the only ones who didn’t really have a clue.

Light Speed – fast, but slow [OC] from r/dataisbeautiful

We’re with Redditor padizzledonk who said this.

‘This is by far the coolest, most dopest visual illustration of both how insanely fast the speed of light is while simultaneously illustrating how insanely FAR apart shit is in space. BRAVO, mind blowingly cool’

Source Reddit