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The Earth and the Moon or...?
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| Yan |
Explanation: Could this be a picture of the Earth and Moon from space? It certainly looks like it at first glance, with a dark, cratered Moon standing off from planet Earth's lovely blue disk surrounded by a nurturing atmosphere. In fact, this view looks up into the dome of the ancient Pantheon in Rome. The Earth's blue disk is really the daytime sky with clouds seen through a nine meter diameter central opening in the dome. The circular opening, or oculus, was intended as the source of light for the building's interior. The Moon is actually direct sunlight streaming through the oculus onto the dome's inner ribbed structure. Historian Soeren Dalsgaard snapped the intriguing picture in February and comments that for almost two thousand years the rays of the Sun have traced a steady path on the inside of the Pantheon's cupola. A testament to Roman architecture and engineering, the Pantheon's dome is said to symbolize the vault of the heavens.
Full Sized Image can be found here.
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| chach |
| i love your late night threads :p |
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| kadomony |
what ing idiot would think thats the earth and the moon?
jesus christ romans mustve been stupid. |
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by chach
i love your late night threads :p |
You're not just saying that cuz you're high.  |
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| Frenchie |
From November 7th 2002, which was also my 16th birthday :D
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| kadomony |
| i think one of my favorites was one with a laser alignment array on mirrored satellite panels |
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| chach |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yan
You're not just saying that cuz you're high. |
Of course not. :o
We studied the Pantheon's dome structure in my Art Appreciation class. |
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| CrazedOut |
| quote: | Originally posted by Frenchie
From November 7th 2002, which was also my 16th birthday :D
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WAI
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| Xenocreator_PG_ |
I doubt it.
But you know what, this could happen:
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| Yan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Xenocreator_PG_
I doubt it.
But you know what, this could happen:
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Not likely.
If anything, the moon will end up escaping Earth's gravitational field. Saw this theory on Discovery once! |
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| Xenocreator_PG_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yan
Not likely.
If anything, the moon will end up escaping Earth's gravitational field. Saw this theory on Discovery once! |
obviously, the moon is hitting the Earth due to my penis size. My penis is growing bigger every day. By 2015 my penis will have it's own gravitational pull, by 2020 my penis will change the polar geodynamics, by 2023 my penis will have its own cryosphere and by 2025 the moon will be pull towards my penis; hense making it collide with Earth. |
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