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Post by bndgkmf » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:35 pm

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Post by piccini9 » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:51 pm

Nice, I wonder if they could have started with Tibet, and zoomed in, to a critter, then cellular, molecular, atomic, subatomic.

Maybe there are other universes out beyond or light horizon.

Love this stuff. :D

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Post by Ames » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:39 pm

That was beautiful. Thanks.
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Post by DerGolgo » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:11 am

There is NO way that World Wind or Google Earth won't feature this sooner or later.

And eventually, many decades from now, Google Everything will offer that zooming in thing to the sub-atomic level.

And a few years after that, in real time, too.
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Post by Ames » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:04 am

I think Mr. Heisenberg would have something to say about that.
:lol:
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Post by DerGolgo » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:56 am

Ames wrote:I think Mr. Heisenberg would have something to say about that.
:lol:
If it shows me a probability cloud, that'll be sufficient.
Also, I think old Heisenberg is vastly overrated. A critical mass of 10 tons, indeed!
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Post by Rench » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:59 am

"My God, it's full of stars..."

Utterly fascinating, and yet, the realization that we are dust-mites with telescopes, that's why we know this.

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Post by Toonce(s) » Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:19 pm

Ames wrote:I think Mr. Heisenberg would have something to say about that.
:lol:
I'm not sure that he would.

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Post by WeAintFoundShit » Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:58 pm

RexAddict wrote:
Ames wrote:I think Mr. Heisenberg would have something to say about that.
:lol:
I'm not sure that he would.

:mrgreen:
Not with any certainty, anyway.


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Post by srg » Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:55 pm

my mind has just been goggle boggle-oggled :shock: !
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Post by Zer0 » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:56 pm

Right where Cosmos left off

. . . and the music hasn't changed a single bit

But seriously, this stuff always, consistently boggles my tiny brain: our galaxy has billions of stars, and our galaxy is one of billions of others. :roll: Ridicul;ous
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Post by SomeMook » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:11 pm

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Post by GeekGrl » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:47 pm

Very cool - thanks for posting that!
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Post by FastCat » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:07 pm

No Fair! I was expecting to see ringworld! ;)
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