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Agschmid

(28,749 posts) Wed Jun 25, 2014, 11:29 PM Jun 2014

A tediously accurate map of our solar system.

A really neat tool for breaking down the massive scale of the universe. Your mind will be blown and you will feel cold and alone. Check it out here.

Also make sure you change the unit of measurement, my favorite was relating to everything in "great walls of china"...

And yes as it turns out space is... well... pretty BIG.

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A tediously accurate map of our solar system. (Original Post) Agschmid Jun 2014 OP

My dear Agschmid! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2014 #1

What unit of measurement did you go with? Agschmid Jun 2014 #2

The unit it came with........the pixel, I guess! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2014 #3

If you want you can switch it to "blue whales"! Agschmid Jun 2014 #4

As an urban dweller swimboy Jun 2014 #18

So, if I became a space voyager, I would actually have the time it seems DebJ Jun 2014 #5

Yeah, but who would want to?! There are better (much better) series to read. 1monster Jun 2014 #14

Did anyone scroll to the end? I had to quit quite some time after DebJ Jun 2014 #6

I got to the end but I did it on an iPad. Kablooie Jun 2014 #7

Same here, it still took quite a while! Agschmid Jun 2014 #10

WHERE IS PLUTO!! Lochloosa Jun 2014 #8

Oh...wait I found it. Lochloosa Jun 2014 #9

Titan, Saturn's moon is missing jakeXT Jun 2014 #11

This was fascinating.... CherokeeDem Jun 2014 #12

Hitcherhikers Guide. imthevicar Jun 2014 #13

If you look at the top of the screen... Nitram Jun 2014 #15

Isn't "faster than light travel" great? Half-Century Man Jun 2014 #16

Engage warp! Agschmid Jun 2014 #17

Fascinating. Beartracks Jun 2014 #19

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,595 posts)

1. My dear Agschmid!

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 11:56 PM

Jun 2014

Wow.

Big is hardly descriptive enough!

Thank you!

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

2. What unit of measurement did you go with?

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 12:03 AM

Jun 2014

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,595 posts)

3. The unit it came with........the pixel, I guess!

Reply to Agschmid (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 12:14 AM

Jun 2014

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

4. If you want you can switch it to "blue whales"!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 12:42 AM

Jun 2014

swimboy

(7,284 posts)

18. As an urban dweller

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 04:14 PM

Jun 2014

I would NOT be able to handle the commute.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

5. So, if I became a space voyager, I would actually have the time it seems

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:00 AM

Jun 2014

to do as others claim they have, and read George R R Martin's Song of Fire and Ice five times!

1monster

(11,012 posts)

14. Yeah, but who would want to?! There are better (much better) series to read.

Reply to DebJ (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:34 PM

Jun 2014

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

6. Did anyone scroll to the end? I had to quit quite some time after

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:11 AM

Jun 2014

Saturn. I looked up the distance from the Sun to Uranus and realized I don't have all night.

Kablooie

(18,628 posts)

7. I got to the end but I did it on an iPad.

Reply to DebJ (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 02:51 AM

Jun 2014

You can scroll several pages with one short swipe.
It still took a hell of a long time.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

10. Same here, it still took quite a while!

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 08:22 AM

Jun 2014

Lochloosa

(16,063 posts)

8. WHERE IS PLUTO!!

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:56 AM

Jun 2014

Lochloosa

(16,063 posts)

9. Oh...wait I found it.

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:57 AM

Jun 2014

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

11. Titan, Saturn's moon is missing

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 09:11 AM

Jun 2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28moon%29

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)

12. This was fascinating....

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:12 PM

Jun 2014

Tedious but so interesting....

Loved the comments along the way....

imthevicar

(811 posts)

13. Hitcherhikers Guide.

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:18 PM

Jun 2014

Nitram

(22,794 posts)

15. If you look at the top of the screen...

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:30 AM

Jun 2014

....you'll see the astrological symbols for the planets, and you can get to each one very quickly by clicking them. Hint: Mars is the male symbol and Venus is the female symbol.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)

16. Isn't "faster than light travel" great?

Reply to Agschmid (Original post)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 02:57 PM

Jun 2014

If you were restricted to scrolling at only light speed, It would take you 4 hrs to reach Pluto (at it's closest point in Pluto's elliptical orbit). I made it in twelve minutes.

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

17. Engage warp!

Reply to Half-Century Man (Reply #16)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 04:02 PM

Jun 2014

Beartracks

(12,809 posts)

19. Fascinating.

Reply to Agschmid (Reply #17)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 08:34 PM

Jun 2014

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