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„#PabloCarlosBudassi decided to make a visual attempt by cramming the entire known universe into a single image. Using scores of #satellite images and photos snapped from #NASA’s rovers, he painstakingly pieced together many of the prominent features of the #universe as observed from our #solarsystem in the form of a #logarithmic map. #Logarithms are useful for understanding large numbers or distances, so in #Budassi’s map each consecutive ‘ring’ around the circle represents several orders of #magnitude further than the one before it.“ Via @colossal #logarithm #space #art #science by montymckeever