05-07-2011, 06:08 PM
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The known universe: A beautiful video
Here's a beautiful video about the known (to us) universe.
Click through and watch it full screen, preferably with headphones on! I just thought I'd share this gold nugget 
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05-07-2011, 06:55 PM
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Thanks for sharing. Cheers |
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05-07-2011, 07:03 PM
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You're welcome!
I found it (literally) awe-inspiring. Very well made, and the size and distances of things becomes (somewhat) fathomable. I wish they'd make an even higher resolution version of it. It really is beautiful, imo. |
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05-07-2011, 10:19 PM
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 Superb video. A bit of actual vertigo at the end o.O (don't they enforce re-entry speed limits anymore?  ). Stuff like this always reminds me of Sagan's Pale blue dot video.
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05-07-2011, 11:33 PM
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Since watching 'Contact' the movie, I have often wondered whether we would ever find another species to make 'contact' with? Cheers |
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05-08-2011, 01:48 AM
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Ooh, here's a nice interactive night sky. Might not sound like much (gotta see it) but if you use your arrow keys to move and "a" and "z" to zoom in and out - well, I don't know how to end that sentence - let's just say it's really beautiful
 . The guy who made the panorama (Nick Risinger) traveled the equivalent of 2.5 times around the equator to get all the imagery for it. I don't believe I've ever seen the Milky Way in all its grandeur the way it's presented here . More information about how it was made.
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05-08-2011, 04:54 AM
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it's all about the size :gulp:
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05-08-2011, 07:34 AM
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That was fascinating! Thanks
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05-16-2011, 02:56 AM
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I've seen the video before but I agree the sheer scale of the universe does get you every time.
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05-16-2011, 06:09 AM
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