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Hey You! Want to Explore the Universe?
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Then download this program:
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
And download all the hi-res textures / add-ons:
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/
Just as a quick guide of what it can do, here is Earth (as of about an hour ago):
Here is a view of Earth from the International Space Station (or where it was about an hour ago - I think that's South America in the pic there):
Here's the moon:
Zooming in a bit closer, here's where the first man-made object ever hit the moon (Sputnik, somewhere in between those three craters):
Going out a bit further, here's Mars:
Here's what a sunrise over Olympus Mons (the tallest mountain in the solar system) looks like:
And here's a picture of Mars and Phobos:
Going further out, here's a view of Jupiter from Ganymede (the other three Gallilean moons are visible here too - Io, Callista and Europa from left to right):
And here's Saturn:
Finally, if the solar system is too boring for you, here's a view of the sun from star HD 216532, which is over 11,000 times brighter than the sun and exists over 14,000 light years away:
It's worth pointing out that every single one of those points of light is a real star that's been accurately mapped by Celestia, btw. I think its database has about 100,000 stars in all.
So, if I want my advice, download this program right now. If nothing else, it's a hell of a lot of ing fun when you're stoned... ;) |
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| stren |
| looks like fun. I was just recently pondering about mars rovers and how they are celebrating 1 year on mars |
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| D-res |
OO! i used to have this a long time ago but had to uninstall it and could never find it again. cool ass program.
you sir, are my hero |
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| medinaM5 |
| saturn is boring...not much to do there, just get high...and that mountain on mars? eh, not all that great either, i recently climbed it. :o |
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| quote: | Originally posted by medinaM5
...and that mountain on mars? eh, not all that great either, i recently climbed it. |
No you didn't. |
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| sensorium |
| Question: Is the American flag still in the moon? |
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| D-res |
| quote: | Originally posted by sensorium
Question: Is the American flag still in the moon? |
assuming the moonlanding was real, yes it's still there |
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| SuspicionVandit |
| I looked hard but I couldn't find pensacola or my father in Vega |
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| MERiDiAN5i2 |
| celestia rocks, great program! |
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