Deepsound Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Found this vid. "This film shows the known universe as mapped through astronomical observations. Every satellite, moon, planet, star and galaxy is represented to scale and in its correct, measured location according to the best scientific research-to-date." Just awesome When we see how incredibly small is our planet, it should make us thinking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 im thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 I'm thinking... About the stereotype image of someone who is up at 2am 'blown away' by universe stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 well it truly is amazing. I don't find anything stereotypical about humans being in awe of the world around us and the magnificence of the universe. . Shows us we think and contemplate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Absolutely! I think comprehension, and the skill to contextualise is indeed an important one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted July 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 There's another pic called "The pale blue dot" that just blows me away... You see that little insignificant blue dot, just like a dust ? Actually, it's a our planet Earth taken in 1990 by Voyager 1 spacecraft from 6.1 billion kilometres. All the oceans, all the seas, all the mountains, the plants, the animals from the smaller to the bigger, all the human kind, all our history and by the way, all our stupid wars are on this pale blue dot surrounded by... by what ? We don't even really know I read more infos about this pic here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot I got to go to sleep... It's 3:40 am on this side of the blue dot :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 There's another pic called "The pale blue dot" that just blows me away... You see that little insignificant blue dot, just like a dust ? Actually, it's a our planet Earth taken in 1990 by Voyager 1 spacecraft from 6.1 billion kilometres. All the oceans, all the seas, all the mountains, the plants, the animals from the smaller to the bigger, all the human kind, all our history and by the way, all our stupid wars are on this pale blue dot surrounded by... by what ? We don't even really know I read more infos about this pic here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot I got to go to sleep... It's 3:40 am on this side of the blue dot :lol: I see a reddish dot. On futher examination I'm assuming you copied the picture to add the arrow and then saved it? It would appear that our planet is so inconsequential to have been eliminated from existence by a compression artifact. Here's the original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 i think those 2 photos are the before and after of the super highway going through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Never trust a Vogon! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douwe Posted July 20, 2010 Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Never trust a Vogon! :lol: I am not sure if you can mention them without filling some request (at least in triple of course)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted July 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 I see a reddish dot. Oh you're right Ira. Jpeg compression... I didn't see it last time. Was too late for sure, my eyes didn't work anymore Thanks for posting the original ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted July 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Another picture really amazing... Could you guess what does represent the pink and the blue spheres ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Another picture really amazing... Could you guess what does represent the pink and the blue spheres ? I'd assume water and air volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepsound Posted July 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 I'd assume water and air volume.Yes. Incredible, isn't it ?... I would have never believe it was so tiny. With such an image, we can better imagine human impact on it. We use to consider oceans and atmosphere as huge endless garbage cans. Big but not so huge... "Left: all the water in the world (1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it) including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc. Right: All the air in the atmosphere (5140 trillion tonnes of it) gathered into a ball at sea-level density. Shown on the same scale as the Earth." More infos here (including calculations cause it's not just a drawing): - http://blog.phiffer.org/post/27344630/left-all-the-water-in-the-world-1-4087-billion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 Awesome. I love following blogs like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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