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[–] SaveTheChildren [S] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

your descriptions don't work in space, bro. The reason you don't see a flashlight on sand is because the flashlight is diluted by the sun's light.

In space, if a star is shooting photons toward your camera, it will pick it up, and there won't be any photons from the sun to get in the way and muddle the light source.

Do you ever understand what I'm saying, and why a distant star's light in a vacuum won't interact with the sun's light in the same way the light from a flashlight on a beach where we have an atmosphere will?

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[–] clamhurt_legbeard ago 

I see how you're misunderstanding this! :)

The light from the stars DOES enter the camera, but if the sun is reflecting off an astronaut in the picture, he reflects WAY WAY WAY more photons, since hrs so much closer to the camera. The light bouncing off him overwhelms your eyes or the camera, so you lose the faint, dim stars in the background.

No atmosphere was needed at all.

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[–] SaveTheChildren [S] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

That doesn't make any sense.

There's no atmosphere for the light from any other object to interfere unless it blocks the starlight.