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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Wish it went past the K-T extinction, though.
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ReplyDeleteIt goes all the way back to 750 Ma. Use the control top middle.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
DeleteMr. 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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ReplyDeleteHe 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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