The Scale of the Universe
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- Miles
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The Scale of the Universe
Check out this cool interactive tool to help realize the scale of the universe.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html
I love APOD.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html
I love APOD.
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Re: The Scale of the Universe
That is WAY cool, and could be a huge time suck for me.
I'm sending the link to my Sam.
I'm sending the link to my Sam.
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Re: The Scale of the Universe
Very cool. After looking at the two largest scale screens, I've bookmarked this for the next night I get on the computer at 2 a.m. ...
Somewhere in the very large universe, I'm sure I'm going to find a HUGE
Somewhere in the very large universe, I'm sure I'm going to find a HUGE
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Re: The Scale of the Universe
I don't know if Sam plays Minecraft, but this model shows it to be larger than Neptune!CathyCA wrote:That is WAY cool, and could be a huge time suck for me.
I'm sending the link to my Sam.
sMiles
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Re: The Scale of the Universe
Wow. Totally cool, and uber geeky. Thanks for sharing it!
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Re: The Scale of the Universe
I'm so small.
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Re: The Scale of the Universe
I viewed the entire scale of the universe. Very cool. and loved the background music.Miles wrote:Check out this cool interactive tool to help realize the scale of the universe.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html
I love APOD.