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| william |
 Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject: Google maps, satellite images of interesting places |
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Hey!
I thought it would be cool to post links to interesting places on Earth.
Go to Google, click "maps" and choose "satellite". You can then zoom in or out and see some pretty amazing things.
Once you've found a place, to post the link, click on "link to this page" and copy and paste the code here.
I'll give it a test.
This is the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico:
Arecibo radio telescope
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| william |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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And here is Niagara Falls:
Niagara Falls
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"... the polhode rolls without slipping on the herpolhode lying in the invariable plane."
~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane.
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| william |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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Here is the Hoover Dam:
Hoover Dam
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"... the polhode rolls without slipping on the herpolhode lying in the invariable plane."
~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane.
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| william |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Here is the Statue of Liberty:
(Make sure you are looking at the satellite image....)
Statue of Liberty
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"... the polhode rolls without slipping on the herpolhode lying in the invariable plane."
~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane.
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| The Matt |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:29 am Post subject: |
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You can avoid the super long links if you type
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How about the Cerne Abbas Giant.
Read about him here |
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| william |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Cool!
Here's Meteor Crater in Arizona:
Meteor Crater
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"... the polhode rolls without slipping on the herpolhode lying in the invariable plane."
~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane. |
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| william |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:19 am Post subject: |
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Stonehenge
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~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane. |
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| william |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:22 am Post subject: |
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pyramids at Giza
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~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane. |
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| william |
| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: |
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The beautiful Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe
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~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane. |
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| sunshinewarrior |
| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: |
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Area 51!!
The truth is in there, somewhere...
Edit: I believe the earlier link didn't work. Perhaps this will.
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| william |
| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Those islands made to look like trees in Dubai
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~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane. |
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| Bunbury |
| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:24 am Post subject: |
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| sunshinewarrio wrote: |
Edit: I believe the earlier link didn't work. Perhaps this will. |
No, it worked fine, and on zooming in it proved what I've always suspected. Area 51 is Scunthorpe. |
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| william |
| Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida
you can see a shuttle and a rocket in this photo
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~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane. |
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| william |
| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: |
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You can see some naval ships in this view of Pearl Harbor, although I was hoping I could see the sunken Arizona. Either it is obscured by the water, or my location skills aren't that good....
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~Footnote in Goldstein's Mechanics, 3rd ed. p. 202
About my avatar: This is a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation of the merger of two galaxies. The code was written by Volker Springel of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at Garching Germany. This simulation uses 20,000 disk particles (stars) and 40,000 halo particles (dark matter) per galaxy. The three views are, from left to right, the x-y plane, x-z plane, and y-z plane. |
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| Wolf |
| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: |
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Did you really need a separate post for each of these?
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| You can see some naval ships in this view of Pearl Harbor, although I was hoping I could see the sunken Arizona. Either it is obscured by the water, or my location skills aren't that good.... |
Anyway, it's not far from where the PH marker lands. Southeast of the central island in the harbor, just off of Langley Ave. Can't miss it. All you can see (aside from the big white memorial building, is a faint outline and one of the turret tracks (big circle).
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