Sunday, June 24, 2018

This is Way Kool

The Earth at various epochs. Get rid of the clouds. Your mouse or touchpad can make the Earth rotate to different positions. A dialogue lets you set a locator for your hometown so you can see where it was when e.g. dinosaurs walked the land.

http://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth/#750


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  1. Wish it went past the K-T extinction, though.

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  2. It goes all the way back to 750 Ma. Use the control top middle.

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    1. I actually meant later than that. As it turns out it does do 50, 35, and 20 million—but unfortunately not anything during the Quaternary Glaciation, which is what I wanted to see, like the Last Glacial Maximum.

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  3. Mr. Flynn, what is your opinion on the works of Walter M. Miller Jr.? I have read that he had a short but successful career in science fiction before dropping off the map. What do you think of him?

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  5. He dropped off the map because he became a recluse and ultimately took his own life. But A Canticle For Leibowitz is among my 4-5 favorite books. It’s stunning. I can’t speak for his short stories, which I haven’t read.

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