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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Aug-2026 05:00:46 JST Paul Cantrell

   • Prof. Sam Lawler

   @uncomfortable_plateau @sundogplanets

   I said “at least a third of the sky” in my post so as to try to be strictly factual, but honestly there were moments I convinced myself I could see the tail almost reaching the opposite horizon. Its faint blue blended into the Milky Way — the multicolored, thick, vibrant Milky Way that really did look like a river of milk — so that it was hard to tell where the tail ended. It was beyond what my Brian could really process well, so yes, I can understand how one would come to doubt the memory! Thank you for sharing yours.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Aug-2026 05:03:40 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Prof. Sam Lawler

     @uncomfortable_plateau @sundogplanets

     I should mention — and perhaps this may help your memory — that the tail was not a thin line but a broad triangle, a delta letting out into the stars.