Hi-res, all-sky Milky Way interactive panorama...
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Hi-res, all-sky Milky Way interactive panorama...
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Re: Hi-res, all-sky Milky Way interactive panorama...
That's pretty awesome. I'll show it to my daughter tomorrow, but I don't think her 5 year old brain can comprehend it all. May as well start on her now! 
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Definitely! Start her on appreciating the vastness and beauty of the cosmos now. It'll make a very deep, lasting impression,I think!FIO wrote:That's pretty awesome. I'll show it to my daughter tomorrow, but I don't think her 5 year old brain can comprehend it all. May as well start on her now!
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"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Re: Hi-res, all-sky Milky Way interactive panorama...
And in other news, some old space junk got re-imaged the other day.
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Dad-blasted Korean software. I can't right-click that to see the whole thing.Gawdzilla wrote:And in other news, some old space junk got re-imaged the other day.
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"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Never happened. It was all done in a hangar in the Nevada Desert.Gawdzilla wrote:And in other news, some old space junk got re-imaged the other day.
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If nothing else, this photo is proof of that. What a great pic!
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Re: Hi-res, all-sky Milky Way interactive panorama...
I entered this thread expecting a chocolate milky way 
But this one's sweet too.
But this one's sweet too.
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Here ya go:- milkyway.jpg (2.22 KiB) Viewed 3329 times
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
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Don't tempt me. I've already had my sugar quota todayMBF wrote:
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Re: Hi-res, all-sky Milky Way interactive panorama...
angrychimp wrote:Don't tempt me. I've already had my sugar quota todayMBF wrote:
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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Where's the "supposed" golf ball if this "supposed" landing ever "supposedly" happened at "supposediddly" all. Can't argue with lojiks.
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That pic is kind of mind blowing.
Amazing.
Amazing.
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