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Very nice. I want a wallpaper of that (no, not desktop wallpaper, REAL wallpaper! Assuming I can get a mansion big enough).
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The little pins in the map make me think of the Total Perspective Vortex. I keep expecting them to read "You are here".
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quote:Originally posted by Jim-Me: The little pins in the map make me think of the Total Perspective Vortex. I keep expecting them to read "You are here".
Except, in the Total Perspective Vortex, our galaxy would be a mere pin-prick on a much greater panorama...
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Me too. I can usually count up to 30 stars on a cloudless night, if I keep at it. Whenever we go up to the mountains, or the desert, its always staggering to see how many minute points of light are actually up there. It actually makes you believe that people were interested enough in those dots before they knew what they really were to chart them and keep track of even the slightest patterns.
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I was up at Acadia last week and I got to see the whole universe from Sand Beach. Absolutely no light polution, not a cloud in the sky. Except for that thunderstorm thirty miles off, but it wasn't a big obstruction.
Got out my homemade telescope and there were the moons of Jupiter! Just had to look up and the Milky Way was staring right back, plain as day! (Except in the daytime the Milky Way isn't very plain to see ) There were also a few meteors, but those can be seen anywhere.
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Sounds like a lot of fun. I've always thought it would be cool to go to the north or south pole to see a perfectly clear sky and hopefully an aurora.
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) There were also a few meteors, but those can be seen anywhere.
