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An updated model suggests the shape of the Sun’s bubble of influence, the heliosphere (seen in yellow), may be a deflated croissant shape, rather than the long-tailed comet shape suggested by other research.
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Capt'n Midnight wrote: »An updated model suggests the shape of the Sun’s bubble of influence, the heliosphere (seen in yellow), may be a deflated croissant shape
“Your theory of a donut shaped universe is intriguing, Homer. I may have to steal it.”0 -
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Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
The routes taken by the first recorded people to swim la Manche
Looks like Burgess stopped for a pint!0 -
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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.
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This is Sandy Island as seen on Google Maps -
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 -
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.0 -
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silverharp wrote: »
Meh.
: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.0 -
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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
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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
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 ).0 -
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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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Most of this is protests, but there's a fair amount of other incidents too
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I would love to know what all the beef is about in Alaska.
" Battles "
holy phuckeroonies
There’s a few protests against police brutality going in up there, but Anchorage also has one against housing homeless people in an ice hockey arena. Oh, and another one protesting against a law that banned homosexual “conversion therapy”.
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Map showing the shortest distance from every townland in Ireland to Dublin (O'Connell Bridge). Some body of work, not sure if it's auto generated, or done piece by piece.
Reddit thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/ilsoyk/every_road_to_dublin_ireland_oc/g3u5j37/
https://i.imgur.com/SxLh5tH.png
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