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re: Group of friends build first scale model of solar system in a dry lake bed

Posted on 9/18/15 at 9:34 am to
Posted by TxTiger82
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 9:34 am to
That's really cool.
Posted by TxTiger82
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 9:37 am to
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Model used circular orbits instead of elliptical orbits. Gg.


I saw ellipses.
Posted by BugaPainTrain7
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 9:37 am to
That video was awesome! Thanks Hawg
Posted by StrongBackWeakMind
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 9:40 am to
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This post was edited on 9/24/15 at 4:51 pm
Posted by Hester Carries
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 9:52 am to
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Would have been a lot better with an overhead drone shot when they were doing the lights to represent orbits



Time lapse photos require a fixed vantage point. So that would be impossible
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 11:11 am to
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they're in.

the desert.

get in your fricking hippy subaru and drive your arse out a ways and stick pluto on a fricking tiki torch stand like you did the other planets.

go forth and don't half-arse our solar system.


I should triple post my THIS for this, just because it is that much awesome truth.
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 11:12 am to
quote:

they're in.

the desert.

get in your fricking hippy subaru and drive your arse out a ways and stick pluto on a fricking tiki torch stand like you did the other planets.

go forth and don't half-arse our solar system.


I should triple post my THIS for this, just because it is that much awesome truth.
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 11:13 am to
Aww, shite. Well that's what they get for leaving out Plutoooooooo!
This post was edited on 9/18/15 at 11:14 am
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 11:20 am to
That's so awesome. Respect for those guys
Posted by Yellerhammer5
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 11:21 am to
I'm pretty sure that a Scandinavian country has a scale model of the solar system that covers most of the country.

Yep, it's Sweden.

LINK
This post was edited on 9/18/15 at 11:23 am
Posted by LSU2NO
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 11:25 am to
That was beautiful.
Posted by hawgfaninc
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 2:32 pm to
Posted by CAD703X
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

Time lapse photos require a fixed vantage point. So that would be impossible


not if your drone had like..a super battery
Posted by mizzoukills
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 3:44 pm to
where the frick is Halley's Comet?
Posted by BiggerBear
Redbone Country
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 3:49 pm to
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Done.



So either you don't know what "scale" in "scale model" means or you don't understand the scale of the solar system.
Posted by Breesus
Unplug
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 3:51 pm to
Oh frick.

Pennywise is somewhere in Nevada
Posted by Tigerstark
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 3:58 pm to


Actually, pretty cool. Especially since they show all the horrid representations of the scale.
Posted by jrodLSUke
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 4:13 pm to
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Yep, it's Sweden

Hey Sweden, I'm planning a trip to Uranus.
Posted by shutterspeed
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Member since May 2007
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 4:21 pm to
Late.

The Mystics (and to a greater extent Aughra) been did that.

Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 9/18/15 at 4:23 pm to
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where the frick is pluto


#plutoisarealplanet 

They needed A LOT more than 7 miles for that.



Not really. Neptune was further out than pluto until recently
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