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The Ride of a Lifetime

submitted by drattus

1 decade 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago

YT: Since I was a kid I've been a keen amateur astronomer, and have always marveled at watching the sky move, but in my mind feeling the Earth move. Day and night, the stars and the planets are something we have all seen, but relatively few actually perceive what is going on- a tragedy given that people can live their whole lives in the presence of this knowledge and not see its effects in their daily lives. The spin of the earth, the movement of the planets and why they have their apparent motions etc. This video is an attempt to highlight this perception.

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drattus

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The YouTube page for this video has a number of links and some additional info for anyone interested, links to both the software used to make this video and to some of what he considers to be like minded channels or sites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrPYQraAcws

Sagemind

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Wow, Nicely done! Great find!

drattus

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I probably should have left this one for someone else to sift I'd guess. Great video but I never did have the knack with catchy descriptions and titles that some have, this could have and should have done a lot better.