When I lived in Oregon I used to cycle all the way through the solar system. No, this isn't some Eugene drugfest hallucination here: I used to use the Springfield-Eugene cycle path that lands you in Alton Baker Park by Ferry Street Bridge - and in Alton Baker Park is a scale model of the solar system. It's big. I think I only ever cycled out to Pluto once. It's clear out by Beltline, I tell ya.
Anyway, for those of us unable to get to the Willamete River bikepath any time soon I give you The Solar System. A web-based scale model of the solar system where 1 pixel=1000km. And no: your monitor isn't big enough. It did my head in - and bear in mind I've cycled to the outer reaches of the solar system. Maaaan.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Oh my god. You did the math? Jeeze. Hey. I found a planet. Don't know which one. Careful with numbers that size. You can hurt something.
(I'm regrouping at the new url, btw. Formerly inside amy's head, which is in your blogroll so I thought I'd yell. Needed a new name: my stuff is too weird to tell people who I am, you know?)
Post a Comment