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    #1262
    Fogmatic
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Fogmatic


    killbillvol2 wrote: »
    Looks like Burgess stopped for a pint!
    Yes!

    There are some fierce tides in the Channel (and that's just the start, before taking into account the shifting currents caused by the shallow bits and so on).


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    #1263
    Charles Babbage
    Registered Users Posts: 5,467 ✭✭✭Charles Babbage


    California as an island. One of the longer lived errors. The monks had travelled from New Mexico to California and pointed out that they hadn't needed a boat, but people who had never been there told them they were mistaken! Eventually some of them become Cardinal type people and had the Pope sort it out.

    800x-1.jpg


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    #1264
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,440 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    I posted this animated weather map site earlier, but with the storm on it's way, might be good to take a look at the patterns - the clickable legend bar to the right will bring up different elements to view.

    https://www.windy.com/?50.919,-11.220,5


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    #1265
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,152 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    This is Sandy Island as seen on Google Maps -

    23_disappearing_island.jpg

    It's about 15 miles long and 3 miles wide, and is located in the Pacific, off the coast of New Caledonia.

    It was discovered in 1876 (or maybe by Captain Cook 100 years earlier) and appeared on various maps and charts since then; this is a British Admiralty chart from 1908 for example -

    Sandy_Island_on_1908_chart_-_cropped.jpg

    Except - the island never existed. It was included on maps simply because it was on older versions. In 2012, an Australian ship sailed right through the area and noted that not only was there no island, but the ocean floor was around a mile deep at that spot. In November 2012, Sandy Island was formally removed from maps, including standard-bearers like National Geographic and Google Maps.


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    #1266
    cruizer101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,205 ✭✭✭cruizer101


    killbillvol2 wrote: »
    Looks like Burgess stopped for a pint!

    Stopped for a pint? The route he took looks like he drank a bottle of whiskey before he even left.
    Whatever about Webb meandering a bit, Burgess did 3 full on U turns, it's like the route of a drunk trying to get home.
    Fair play though he covered 3 times the distance.


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    #1267
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,840 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    https://twitter.com/Amazing_Maps/status/621241818060058624

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #1268
    topper75
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    Webb's one looks quite like those I've seen of modern swimmers so I'm rather impressed.


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    #1269
    Shedite27
    Registered Users Posts: 9,364 ✭✭✭Shedite27


    topper75 wrote: »
    Webb's one looks quite like those I've seen of modern swimmers so I'm rather impressed.

    Yeah the modern route goes a lot like that, based on the tides over the 14 or so hours or so it takes to swim the route


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    #1270
    RedRochey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭RedRochey


    Why does Webb swim along the coast of France and not stop where Burgess did?


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    #1271
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    RedRochey wrote: »
    Why does Webb swim along the coast of France and not stop where Burgess did?

    I reckon it is tides if I had to hazard a guess. A bit like pissing into the wind, catch my drift?


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    #1272
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,727 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    silverharp wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Amazing_Maps/status/621241818060058624

    Meh.

    pluto-and-australia-sitting-in-a-tree.jpg

    :P

    Apparently you can fit all of western Europe and the British isles in the state of Western Australia, and still have a bit of room left over.


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    #1273
    chewed
    Registered Users Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭chewed


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Meh.

    pluto-and-australia-sitting-in-a-tree.jpg

    :P

    Apparently you can fit all of western Europe and the British isles in the state of Western Australia, and still have a bit of room left over.

    ehhh, the what Isles?


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    #1274
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Mod

    If you want to discuss the semantics of the British Isles, feel free to start a new thread. Let's not derail this one.

    Comments deleted.


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    #1275
    RedRochey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭RedRochey


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    I reckon it is tides if I had to hazard a guess. A bit like pissing into the wind, catch my drift?

    That's what I was thinking but would the tides be that strong that it would be quicker for him to go 10 times further with the tides than just cutting across them?

    Sorry for the off-topic questions, I'll stop after this one :D


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    #1276
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,152 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    RedRochey wrote: »
    Why does Webb swim along the coast of France and not stop where Burgess did?
    Tides according to wiki -
    wiki wrote:
    On 24 August, he began a second swim by diving in from the Admiralty Pier at Dover. Backed by three escort boats and smeared in porpoise oil, he set off into the ebb tide at a steady breaststroke. Despite stings from jellyfish and strong currents off Cap Gris Nez which prevented him from reaching the shore for five hours, finally, after approximately 21 hours and 40 minutes, he landed near Calais—the first successful cross-channel swim. His zig-zag course across the Channel was nearly 40 miles (66 km) long.

    Nothing on Burgess' wiki about why his route was so weird. Maybe he just kept getting lost?


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    #1277
    KevRossi
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    RedRochey wrote: »
    Why does Webb swim along the coast of France and not stop where Burgess did?

    Tides and currents. It's easier to swim with a current rather than try to fight it. In Webb's case he would have had to swim at a 90 degree angle quite hard to get to shore, he actually expended a lot less energy doing what he did.

    Webb was in the water for longer than expected, so had to mix energy saving with potential injury from exposure and tiredness.

    If you're trying to cross a fast flowing river it's easier to just potter over and then swim upstream beside the bank where there is less current. River ferries often take this kind of route. It uses less fuel.


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    #1278
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    RedRochey wrote: »
    That's what I was thinking but would the tides be that strong that it would be quicker for him to go 10 times further with the tides than just cutting across them?

    Sorry for the off-topic questions, I'll stop after this one :D

    I would say so, it is a bit like sailing into the wind, it is all about using less energy and then swimming with the flows when the opportunity arises. ( not that I really know what I am talking about, but it is my best stab at what is going on there ).


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    #1279
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,281 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    I bought the river basin a while back from etsy... done nothing with it other than stick it in my google drive..

    anyone here able to recommend a decent printers who would produce a quality poster from the digital file?


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    #1280
    forgottenhills
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    lawred2 wrote: »
    I bought the river basin a while back from etsy... done nothing with it other than stick it in my google drive..

    anyone here able to recommend a decent printers who would produce a quality poster from the digital file?

    I once used Blackrock Printers to print off a couple of colour slides on special paper and card from a USB. I imagine any decent commercial printers who don't confine themselves to volume runs should be able to do what you require.


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    #1281
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,921 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    lawred2 wrote: »
    I bought the river basin a while back from etsy... done nothing with it other than stick it in my google drive..

    anyone here able to recommend a decent printers who would produce a quality poster from the digital file?

    Can't recommend these guys highly enough tbh.

    https://www.pixaprints.ie/


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    #1282
    chewed
    Registered Users Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭chewed


    Google Maps is getting an overhaul

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/19/google-maps-gets-worldwide-visual-overhaul


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    #1283
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,727 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    chewed wrote: »
    Google Maps is getting an overhaul

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/19/google-maps-gets-worldwide-visual-overhaul

    If you are into satellite imagery map overlays of rural Ireland, Bing maps is noticeably better than Google maps, though they are pretty good for major cities.


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    #1284
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,390 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    I've been following Simon Kustenmacher for a few years, I was in the early 20,000's of his followers; but this has totally stunned me, I somehow never saw the globe as being like this.

    https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1296862641454014465/photo/1


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    #1285
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,733 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Mapping of hours of daylight

    Latitude_map.jpg


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    #1286
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,733 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Fbrianbrettschneider%2Ffiles%2F2018%2F06%2FSummerSolsticeHours-1200x1000.jpg


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    #1287
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,281 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    KevRossi wrote: »
    I've been following Simon Kustenmacher for a few years, I was in the early 20,000's of his followers; but this has totally stunned me, I somehow never saw the globe as being like this.

    https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1296862641454014465/photo/1

    That doesn't work for me :(


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    #1288
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    lawred2 wrote: »
    That doesn't work for me :(
    Copy the URL into another tab. That's what I had to do.


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    #1289
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,893 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    lawred2 wrote: »
    That doesn't work for me :(
    https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1296862641454014465?s=19


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    #1290
    Water John
    Registered Users Posts: 21,129 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Great set of daylight maps, lads. Remember driving midsummer from Cork to Athlone and noting the considerably longer daylight.


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    #1291
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,257 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1300168673815126016


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