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If the Moon were only one pixel ,,,

  • 06-03-2014 12:18am
    #1
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,956 ✭✭✭✭


    http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html

    a.k.a. a tediously accurate map of the Solar System. In case you need a reminder of just how small we are compared to the Universe.

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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  • #2
    jamesbere
    Registered Users Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    I need a break, half way there


  • #3
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users Posts: 34,041 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Small enough:pac:


  • #4
    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,185 ✭✭✭emo72


    it....................took..............................................sooooo................................................................................................long


  • #5
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    No Voyager.

    :/


  • #6
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,468 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    where's that new planet gone?


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  • #7
    Flesh Gorden
    Registered Users Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭Flesh Gorden


    That was cool

    I also still love Pluto


  • #8
    DoozerT6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,589 ✭✭✭DoozerT6


    Ain't nobody got time fo' dat! :)

    Kidding - that's really cool!


  • #9
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    never_forget_pluto_tee.jpg?height=250&width=250&padToSquare=true


  • #10
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    My right-arrow key exploded


  • #11
    Frynge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Frynge


    I want to scroll thought those other 6000 maps now!


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  • #12
    Mike Litoris
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭Mike Litoris


    I was half expecting a rabbit or Bono at the end of it.:mad:


  • #13
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    where's that new planet gone?

    What new planet? There are only 8


  • #14
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,468 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    What new planet? There are only 8

    Eris, technically it's now considered a dwarf planet like Pluto so I suppose that's why it's not there.


  • #15
    Andrewf20
    Registered Users Posts: 3,187 ✭✭✭Andrewf20


    Superb link.


  • #16
    bnt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,956 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    emo72 wrote: »
    it....................took..............................................sooooo................................................................................................long
    says someone who didn't see the buttons at the top ... :cool:

    I was pretty OK with the inner planets, but had forgotten that Jupiter was 5x as far from the Sun as the Earth, and Saturn almost 10x. No wonder SF book and movie writers have to invent ways of making distance less of a problem e.g. Warp Drive, Hyperdrive, etc. My favourite is the Alderson Drive from The Mote in God's Eye, which works - barely - and might just kill you in the process ...

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



  • #17
    Yearning4Stormy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭Yearning4Stormy


    Awesome :) This is kinda similar, but in eye-bleeding scrollable 3D -> http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/


  • #18
    Cass
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 28,454 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cass


    Another one from a couple of years ago. Goes outward and inward in scaled sizes of objects.
    Forum Charter - Useful Information - Photo thread: Hardware - Ranges by County - Hunting Laws/Important threads - Upcoming Events - RFDs by County

    If you see a problem post use the report post function. Click on the three dots on the post, select "FLAG" & let a Moderator deal with it.

    Moderators - Cass otmmyboy2 , CatMod - Shamboc , Admins - Beasty , mickeroo



  • #19
    Star Lord
    Registered Users Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    bnt wrote: »
    says someone who didn't see the buttons at the top ... :cool:

    If you used the buttons at the top, then you missed the point in the map, and all the text in between those vast distances!


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