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(Science) Coolest link I've seen in ages (Vanity)
Posted on 10/13/2003 8:25:07 PM PDT by Qwinn
This is absolutely excellent. An excellent perspective of both how small and large we really are.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
Qwinn
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: allyourquarks; arebelongtous; galaxy; wearestardust
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posted on
10/13/2003 8:25:08 PM PDT
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Qwinn
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posted on
10/13/2003 8:30:35 PM PDT
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Bogey78O
(No! Don't throw me in the briar patch!!!!!)
To: All
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posted on
10/13/2003 8:31:48 PM PDT
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To: Qwinn
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posted on
10/13/2003 8:32:21 PM PDT
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ChadGore
(Kakkate Koi!)
To: Qwinn
Examining Quarks...
A bar on DS9? What does that have to do with... oh.. never mind.
Face to Face with a single proton was kinda cool.
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posted on
10/13/2003 8:34:51 PM PDT
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GeronL
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To: Qwinn
TOTALLY COOL! Thanks for posting this. This is definately cool enough to pass on to the teenager, who, conveniently is taking astromony this semester.
Interesting how, once you get inside the cell, it soon starts to look just like the stars again. To me, this reaffirms my belief in God the creator. What is it, you will see the world in a grain of sand?
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posted on
10/13/2003 8:35:16 PM PDT
by
jocon307
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To: jocon307
You know what shocked me quite a bit?
According to this, you can't see our sun at all from 10 light years out... not even a pinpoint star. And yet the nearest star to ours is 4 light years away (Alpha Centauri). That means our sun isn't even -visible- to the naked eye throughout 99.999999% of the galaxy!
That would indicate our sun is very dim compared to all the ones we can see at night - and yet ours is a pretty average star, I always thought. Freaky!
Qwinn
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posted on
10/13/2003 8:45:02 PM PDT
by
Qwinn
To: Qwinn
Thanks! That is definitely a neat site. How I wish the internet existed when I was in school.
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posted on
10/13/2003 8:53:02 PM PDT
by
jigsaw
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To: Qwinn
God is so cool. How'd He think of all this stuff?
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posted on
10/13/2003 9:00:02 PM PDT
by
Capriole
(Foi vainquera)
To: Qwinn; RadioAstronomer; longshadow; Junior; Alamo-Girl; Ogmios
This is kind of neat!
To: sourcery; AdamSelene235
Geek ping...
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posted on
10/13/2003 9:23:27 PM PDT
by
Starwind
(The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only true good news)
To: JethroHathAWay
Kind of neat? Kind of?
It's beyond neat, that is just downright cool.
Sent this one to my sister.
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posted on
10/13/2003 9:28:10 PM PDT
by
Ogmios
(Who is John Galt?)
To: Starwind
Geek ping...Oooh...beware of geeks bearing gifs! :-)
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posted on
10/13/2003 9:38:48 PM PDT
by
sourcery
(Moderator bites can be very nasty!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Libertarianize the GOP; Free the USA
FYI
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posted on
10/13/2003 9:40:12 PM PDT
by
sourcery
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To: Qwinn
You're right - it's fun.
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posted on
10/13/2003 9:41:24 PM PDT
by
beckett
To: Bogey78O
Thank you for making this a link for me in post #2 - I'm still pretty new to FR and haven't figured out how to format HTML or even bold, italics, etc.
Yes, I am GEEK N00B!
Qwinn
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posted on
10/13/2003 9:51:26 PM PDT
by
Qwinn
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
You have to see this. The link leads to all kinds of educational science. Enjoy!
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posted on
10/13/2003 9:53:40 PM PDT
by
secret garden
(Courage is not the lack of fear. It is acting in spite of it. - Mark Twain)
To: Qwinn; Bogey780
Thanks for the post, link. Fantastic.
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posted on
10/13/2003 9:57:30 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Qwinn
To see something even more awesome, buy the video set by Moody Science entitled "Journeys to the Edge of Creation."
There's a sequence in that video about five minutes long, or longer, in which you take a trip via computer animation to the very edge of the known universe. It is the most spectacular thing I've ever seen.
It's available through Moody, or from Scripture Truth Book Company, and well worth the money.
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posted on
10/13/2003 10:15:01 PM PDT
by
Trot
To: Qwinn
Nice but they screwed up the scales at the macro level. The Milky Way Galaxy is 100,000 light years across. The pictures have the about 5 time too large a scale.
At 100,000 they are only showing a sliver of the local galatic arms. At that scale you should see all the arms from the Scutum to the Rim.
Great link otherwise :)
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posted on
10/13/2003 10:18:34 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Virtue untested is innocence)
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