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But it's all semantics anyway. Just like the argument that the photo in the OP isn't real because it's CGI.
originally posted by: Kandinsky
a reply to: OrionHunterX
Nice OP
Another good starting place towards appreciating scale is here in our own little corner of space. A guy called Josh Worth created a site for people to scroll through our system from the Sun to Pluto and it takes a long time! I timed it at 4 minutes and 40 seconds to reach Earth from the Sun which means we're travelling almost twice the speed of light (8 minutes to Earth from Sun) and it still feels SLOW.
If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel - A tediously accurate map of the solar system.
The sheer mind-numbing scales of space and the universe leave me feeling marooned. It's the sensation someone must have when they're on a tiny island with nothing more than ocean on all sides. Yes, part of me feels awe at the beauty of it all and it touches the old heart strings. Underlying the awe is a sadness at how isolated we are here and how profoundly precious this planet is.
originally posted by: ColdWisdom
a reply to: TerryDon79
But it's all semantics anyway. Just like the argument that the photo in the OP isn't real because it's CGI.
I think what is disputable is the amount of the image that is 'fake' versus 'stitching.'
originally posted by: toysforadults
a reply to: wildespace
Why do you keep saying we can see it when we can't, we can only observe the data of the tools they use to collect the data in the first place with someones thought up idea of what the data is suppose to look like.
The only thing you are looking at in that picture is a computer image someone create. You are not looking at the actual stars themselves.
Why is it so hard for you to say that?
originally posted by: FelisOrion
Do they have a 1.5 gigapixel photo of our Earth from the moon?
originally posted by: toysforadults
a reply to: roadgravel
Why don't you do us a favor and explain the difference between both of the process rather than throw out that strawman?
originally posted by: sputniksteve
That's pretty crazy when you zoom all the way in, it looks like camera flash reflections overlaid on a picture of a beach or patch of sand.
Obviously all of the really bright Stars are Stars, but in the all the way zoomed in is each of the "sand particles" a star as well does anyone know?
originally posted by: wildespace
originally posted by: sputniksteve
That's pretty crazy when you zoom all the way in, it looks like camera flash reflections overlaid on a picture of a beach or patch of sand.
Obviously all of the really bright Stars are Stars, but in the all the way zoomed in is each of the "sand particles" a star as well does anyone know?
Yes, each of those "sand particles" is a star.
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: wildespace
If the picture zooms that close, we should be able to see evidence of super-intelligent life. No?
originally posted by: Kandinsky
a reply to: carewemust
If you squint, there's a little alien bastard waving the bird at us.
originally posted by: Soylent Green Is People
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: wildespace
If the picture zooms that close, we should be able to see evidence of super-intelligent life. No?
If we zoom in close to stars in our own galaxy (stars which are 1000X closer), do we see evidence of super-intelligent life?