Showing posts with label Venus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venus. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Heavenly Bodies 3: Uranusrise?

You've seen the Sunrise, the Moonrise, but...
Uranusrise? 

What would it look like if other planets were at the same distance from earth as our moon? Well, here's your answer.







Monday, November 2, 2015

Heavenly Bodies 2: Planetary Orbits








These are the orbital periods of our solar system’s 8 major planets (how long it takes each to travel around the sun). Their size is to scale and their speed is accurate relative to Earth’s. The repetition of each GIF is proportional to their orbital period. Mercury takes less than 3 months to zoom around the Sun, Neptune takes nearly 165 years.