I just found this nifty free program called celestia. It's a space simulator. You can look at the planets and such. The fun thing though is you can zoom out. Zoom out on a universal scale. You are given just one glimpse of the entire unimaginable inifinity of creation. The only thing that was missing was a microscopic sign reading "You are here". Then again it might have annihilated my brain, but it would have been worth it.
Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
Oh, did I mention its completely rendered in 3d. You actually need a pretty good video card to use it.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I saw a movie that did the "zoom out" thing once. Then they zoomed in to atomic sizes. I nearly threw up, I was so disoriented.
I really hope this thing works on my comp, it looks very very cool.
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
Powers of 10!
I remember that movie. It's also a book.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
It works. When I zoomed in on the sun, I nearly had a heart attack.
How do you get it to zoom out? I can only zoom in on a specific object.
Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
Do you have a mouse scrol wheel? If so use it. I'm not exactly sure how it works. I only got it 30 mins ago.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Whoa.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Coolest program EVER.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
I'm trying to see if I can center the earth exactly on top of the sun, and try going a parsec away, and then zooming in really fast. Don't ask me why.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Sweet. Got it.
Posted by urbanX (Member # 1450) on :
Try watching a lunar eclipse from slighly behind the moon.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Very cool program, I like it a lot. Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :
quote:The only thing that was missing was a microscopic sign reading "You are here".
And a piece of fairy cake.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
My brother hooked that up to my mom's bigscreen TV one time. It was The... The Awesome!
P.S. Though my 8 year old was disappointed that the mysterious planet X wasn't on there.
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