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Gravity in pretty colours
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:56 pm
by Hunter
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8767763.stm
Goce satellite views Earth's gravity in high definition
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:37 am
by Top Gun
Between that and the rainbow organelle pictures in a biology textbook, the unseen side of nature is apparently a very colorful place.
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 3:49 am
by BloodEagle
Dude. Like, whoah. Dude. [/trippy voice]
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:30 am
by aldo
I was expecting a set of red blobs over Texas to mark concentrations of fat people.
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:26 pm
by BloodEagle
aldo wrote:I was expecting a set of red blobs over Texas to mark concentrations of fat people.
Oh, snap!
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:10 pm
by ghhyrd
Why did that picture make me want to drink Sprite...
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:42 pm
by Matthew
ghhyrd wrote:Why did that picture make me want to drink Sprite...
Because it made you feel like you drank too much of something else.
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:02 pm
by FSF
Hmm, I got an exam on Earth Observation on Thursday... Including gravity field observations, like this.

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:10 pm
by Snail
I dont undershtand
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:39 am
by FSF
Snail wrote:I dont undershtand
Iz map of how heavy u r
blue = not heavy
red = heavy
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:02 pm
by ghhyrd
Good Lord!
Jolly old England is rather heavy! Must be all the tea...