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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 09:47 PM
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Proof That The Most Abundant Thing In The Universe... Is Nothing... (Might I Suggest A Bong Hit ???)
The Powers Of Ten

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBsOeLcUARw

Saw this at the Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian. Happy to find it online, and thought I'd share it with you.

:smoke:

:hippie:

:hi:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 09:52 PM
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1. Dear Mods...
I intended to post this thing in GD, and messed that up royally. OTOH - It might just be appropriate here.

If you choose to move it, I will understand.

Sincerely,

WillyT

:banghead:

:smoke:
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 09:55 PM
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3. leave it here!
the most abundant thing in the primaries is...

nothing (hot air)! :rofl:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:59 PM
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20. LOL !!!
Shhh...

That's supposed to be a secret.

:evilgrin:
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 09:54 PM
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2. Even in terms of matter, dark matter is more abundant.
:)
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 09:55 PM
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4. but when it comes right down to it...
what does it matter?
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:03 PM
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6. Ah... But Are We Sure Dark Matter Exists ???
Or is it still theoretical???

Is it at least measurable?

:shrug:
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:25 PM
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12. Yes, it exists.
We can measure it, and define it.

Unfortunately, we don't know what we're measuring or defining, yet, so we've given it a vague, non-descriptive, name.

:evilgrin:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:31 PM
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13. Typical, LOL !!!
So... astrophysicists are politicians too?

:evilgrin:

:hi:
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:35 PM
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15. I can neither confirm, nor deny...
whether academics use the vagaries of political speech to help explain their arguments, in such a way as to avoid falsification.

Obama/Hawking '08!
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:01 PM
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5. Narrated by that dear old lefty Philip Morrison.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:12 PM
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7. And On A Similar Theme... The Opening Scene To The Movie 'Contact' !!!
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNAUR7NQCLA

Enjoy.

:shrug:
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:23 PM
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9. I liked that. Thanks for posting!
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:25 PM
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11. You Are Quite Welcome !!!
:hi:
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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:17 PM
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8. This video is part of the Arecibo Observatory museum exhibits
Great stuff.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:24 PM
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10. And Of Course... The Monty Python Version !!!
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWVshkVF0SY

:hi:
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avenger64 Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:31 PM
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14. good stuff.
n/t
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:40 PM
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16. Thanks for posting. nm
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:42 PM
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17. You Are Quite Welcome !!!
:hi:
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:50 PM
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18. Relatively speaking... Check this out
http://www.techdo.com/images/largest-know-star.htm
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 10:57 PM
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19. Way Cool !!! - Thank You For That !!!
:bounce::yourock::bounce:

:hi:
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 11:18 PM
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23. No, no. Thanks for creating a civil thread in GD-P!
:toast: :bounce: :party:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 01:02 AM
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27. I'm Kinda Glad It Got To Stay
:toast::hi::toast:
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 11:01 PM
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21. I hate relatives. nm
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 11:10 PM
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22. Here's A Pretty Cool Pic Of What Stuff Made Of Nothing Can Do !!!


<snip>

After 9,000 years of silence, Chile's Chaitén volcano (pictured on May 3) is erupting with lava, ash—and lightning (full story).

Since the volcano awoke on May 2, it has continued erupting intermittently, blanketing the area in ash and forcing more than 4,000 people to flee.

The mingling of lightning and ash seen above may be a "dirty thunderstorm."

The little-understood storms may be sparked when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in the plume collide to produce static charges—just as ice particles collide to create charge in regular thunderstorms.

<snip>

Link: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/photogalleries/volcano-photos/

:wow:
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-18-08 11:20 PM
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24. And if you want to see all 254 pics...
Edited on Sun May-18-08 11:22 PM by BushDespiser12
http://megagalerias.terra.cl/galerias/index.cfm?id_galeria=30769

Check out pics 45-56
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 01:00 AM
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26. Amazing... Thanks !!!
:hi:
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DerekJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 12:02 AM
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25. String theory anyone?!!
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 01:09 AM
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28. Whoa!! I remember watching this film waaaaaay back in school.
It made an impression. :wow:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 07:51 AM
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29. I Couldn't Make Out What Year It Was Made
Any ideas?

:shrug:
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:54 AM
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31. I would guess early 80s, like '82 or '83.
I probably watched it in high school, and I graduated in '84.
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 07:58 AM
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30. Management of space -- even empty space -- is part of everything we do.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 06:28 PM
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32. Last Kick From Me
:kick:

:hi:
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 08:09 PM
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33. Ok... I Lied... Are You People Alright ???
:scared:
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Robert Murphy Donating Member (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 08:46 PM
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34. Please Sir!
Willy, I wish you would show more respect for the sensiblities of many who post here. Really, you state that the most abundant thing in the universe is nothing, and then you suggest a bong hit?

Please remember that for a number of us, nothing is sacred!

Robert

P.S. OK, that was lame. ;-)
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 08:52 PM
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35. Even A Bong Hit Is Made Of Mostly Nothing...
Some of the most exquisite nothing you'll ever come across.

:evilgrin:

:hi:
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yourguide Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 08:54 PM
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36. I own this on DVD...it's by the same people who made these iconic chairs...
Edited on Mon May-19-08 08:56 PM by yourguide
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