• ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Seems a bit weird that every culture would call them some variant of “stars” since they don’t look like actual stars. Actual stars are just dots.

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      1 year ago

      They particularly look like diffraction spikes/starbursts.

      Astigmatism, cataracts, glaucoma or smudged glasses can cause you to see starbursts when you look at bright lights at night.

        • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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          1 year ago

          Ầ̷̡̧̳̮̳̝͇͉͖̼̻͕̘̱̓s̵̡̨̛͈͓̦̫̱̝̼͇͆͒̾̀̋̽̎̔̍̒̇͘t̶̪̥̔͛̓͊̃ī̸͉g̷̨̡̤̞͔̹̻̳̬̥͓̿̓̔̓̇͘̕͝ͅm̴̛̭̗̔̓̈́͊a̷̲̞͓̹̼̬͙͚̣̲̦͚̍͜͝ͅt̷̢͈̲͖̥̂̍͠ì̵̢̗͎͕͖͇̼͇̭͓̭̠̿́̅̿͜s̵͚̻̀͒̄̿̓̔̽̌͜͝m̷̡̞̻̟͔̠̫͎̮̮͖̲̭̳̜̀͂̌̈̋͒͠