| 8 minutes |
11:49 AM me: My mind has just been totally blown
11:50 AM "The largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever created, shot by 28-year-old amateur astrophotographer Nick Risinger using six astronomical cameras. It’s not just the view of the sky from one location, but is instead a 360-panoramic view of the sky taken by trekking 60,000 miles across the western United States and South Africa starting in March 2010. The final image is composed of 37,000 separate photographs."
If you've ever wondered what the view is like if you are the earth
this is it
| 6 minutes |
11:57 AM me: impressive, right? That's OUR GALAXY
plus, if you zoom in
thousands of other galaxies.
nuts.
11:58 AM ...or alternatively you could click on the i at the bottom and think about how it's a cool representation of information with a graphic index...
your call
12:02 PM Krissa: WHOAAAAA
whhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaattt
me: AWESOME, RIGHT
:)
12:03 PM Krissa: fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck thats cool
12:04 PM me: I am trying to figure out what all the black cloud shit is
Krissa: this is so cool
me: the KEY
is my favourite part
in the bottom left when the i is clicked
you are now looking at the center of the galaxy. you are now looking at the outer arm of the galaxy.
12:05 PM Krissa: ohhhhhhhhhhhh
yes
oh my go
me: you are near a source of magnetic interference. move your planet in a figure 8 motion to clear this
Krissa: this is quite literally the coolest thing i've ever seen
HAHAHHAHAHAH
NERD JOKE x2
me: WOOOO combo multiplier
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