Simply Amazing. The Known Universe zooms out from Tibet to the limits of the observable universe. Better yet, watch it full-screen in HD.
What’s even more amazing is that everything is in scale unlike other models that shown previously. Thus, it’s not a dramatization, it’s a map; the positioning data was pulled from Hayden Planetarium’s Digital Universe Atlas, which is available for free download.
I have just completed a visiting position as an assistant professor at Dalhousie University. My ideas are not associated with my employer; they are expressions of my own thoughts and ideas. Some of them are just musings while others could be serious discussions that could turn into a bigger project.
Besides philosophy, I enjoy martial arts (Kuk Sool Won), playing my violin, enjoying coffee around town, and experimenting with new food.
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That blows my mind. We are so small, yet magnify aspects of our daily lives to magnanimous proportions. Pretty humbling.
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