Education & Reference GD Atlas thread

[Shell]

Back to space for a bit... remember this amazing feat

Baumgartner's main challenge was to avoid passing out during his freefall, which lasted 4:20. “When you spin so violent, what we call the rapid onset, all your blood goes into your brain and there's a lot of pressure,'' Baumgartner said. “I had to maintain consciousness because I needed to stop this spin, and I did.

Someone broke his record tho..
Alan Eustace
On 24 October 2014, Google executive Alan Eustace (USA) fell to Earth from 41,422 metres (135,898 ft), and broke Felix's record for the Highest freefall parachute jump.

 

[Catfish Alley]

You seen that show Island Hunters??

Some of those islands are very remote.. idk if I'd wanna live on my own island. Kinda creepy and also in emergencies not like an ambulance can just be there in 5 minutes.

No, I haven't. Sounds good though. I guess it's mainly rich people looking for a tropical holiday spot?

You remind me of a story I read the other week though about this abandoned house on an Icelandic island. Was a farmhouse that got used a weather station or tracking migratory birds or something.

I don't like the thought of an island either to be honest. I like trips there but I'm not sure I'd even want to live on nearby Vancouver Island and it's the size of the state of Victoria with a million people or so.

 

[Shell]

No, I haven't. Sounds good though. I guess it's mainly rich people looking for a tropical holiday spot?

You remind me of a story I read the other week though about this abandoned house on an Icelandic island. Was a farmhouse that got used a weather station or tracking migratory birds or something.

I don't like the thought of an island either to be honest. I like trips there but I'm not sure I'd even want to live on nearby Vancouver Island and it's the size of the state of Victoria with a million people or so.

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I havent seen the show in a while- but sometimes it was buying them for "ever" or to live on- either in the existing house or rennovating it or tearing it down. Usually theres also more than one house on the island. And others it was to hire for a holiday for however length of time.

 

[Catfish Alley]

You got me thinking. Tristan da Cunha is the most isolated populated island in the world. Looks beautiful but, yeah, would be an eerie feeling being so isolated.

 

[Shell]

You got me thinking. Tristan da Cunha is the most isolated populated island in the world. Looks beautiful but, yeah, would be an eerie feeling being so isolated.

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Isnt that quite a dangerous area weather wise too??? Just looking at its proximity to the southern tip of Africa- doesnt it get pretty scary around the ocean parts down off that coast.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Isnt that quite a dangerous area weather wise too??? Just looking at its proximity to the southern tip of Africa- doesnt it get pretty scary around the ocean parts down off that coast.

Yeah, looks like it's around the Roaring Forties so would be strong winds and big waves I imagine.

 

[Catfish Alley]

I like this thread by the way. As a kid growing up my Dad had a big map above his desk with a list of every country, it's capital, size and population. I spent lots of time studying that thing while waiting for PC games or the internet to load up. Haha. Blue is always my go-to in Trivial Pursuit!

 

[Shell]

I like it too. So weird tho, because at school I hated Geography.

Guess maybe doing it as a school subject sucks all the fun out of it.

 

[Hawk Dork]

This used to be in Collins St

 

[Gough]

I like it too. So weird tho, because at school I hated Geography.

Guess maybe doing it as a school subject sucks all the fun out of it.

I had an old school ex pat white African geography teacher. He used to be a game warden in Tanganyika, when he died he got a write up the Age, interesting old boy.

 

[HomerThompson]

There are some Bass Strait islands (eg. Maatsuyker Island) that have only a lightstation and airstrip. You can live there for 6-12 months but it's pretty intense - selfcontained, limited supplies, hardly any contact with the outside world. I started an application but didn't go through with it.

Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse

Visit the post for more.

lighthouses.org.au

 

[Catfish Alley]

There are some Bass Strait islands (eg. Maatsuyker Island) that have only a lightstation and airstrip. You can live there for 6-12 months but it's pretty intense - selfcontained, limited supplies, hardly any contact with the outside world. I started an application but didn't go through with it.

Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse

Visit the post for more.

lighthouses.org.au

Interesting. Looked it up. Apparently they have had a smaller automated light since 1996.

 

[HomerThompson]

Interesting. Looked it up. Apparently they have had a smaller automated light since 1996.

Yeah, you're basically there in case the light breaks down and to take weather observations. And in some cases, keep the airstrip maintained and shoo animals away when planes land.

 

[rank and file]

This used to be in Collins St

Meh,Atlas Shrugged

 

[Forward Press]

Point Nemo is a spot in the southern Pacific Ocean which is the furthest away from any land (over 1600 km to the nearest land).

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It is commonly used as a spot to deorbit satellites. Unfortunately, it has also seen the accumulation of plastic waste in the South Pacific Gyre.

 

[Catfish Alley]

It's just particles clashing in the atmosphere but they can look spectacular. I've seen Aurora Borealis but not at the full power. I've got a friend who lives in the Yukon and I'd love to go and see.

Anyway, something I didn't realize was that in most instances northern and southern auroras are mirror-like images that occur at the same time, with similar shapes and colors.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Didn’t Pluto get downgraded to a planetoids making Neptune the furthest planet?

I thought it got re-instated?

 

[Catfish Alley]

I thought it got re-instated?

Nah. It's a dwarf-planet or Kuiper belt object.

 

[Shell]

Nah. It's a dwarf-planet or Kuiper belt object.

Got "planet" in its title.

Good enough for me

 

[Shell]

Altho most likely in a trivia question, how many planets are there in the SS- I'd go with 8 rather than 9.

 

[Catfish Alley]

And that would be correct

 

[Shell]

I still got alot of love for Pluto tho.

And Saturn.



HAHAHAHAHA IIRC.. there was a question on Tipping Point "what is the largest planet" and she answered Mercury.

 

[Forward Press]

HAHAHAHAHA IIRC.. there was a question on Tipping Point "what is the largest planet" and she answered Mercury.

 

[Shell]

There's a lot of drop kicks on that show.

Dont watch it anymore tho, is pretty boring.

 

[peternorth]

Gotta wonder what its like in a lighthouse at night, wind howling