Maps are fun, so is food.

[Qingdai]

earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions
Can't stop watching this.

[JoeP]

Scandinavia is cold and windless - earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions

[JoeP]

The high altitude circulation is faster and unaffected by land / sea masses
earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions

[Janet]

If you zoom out to see the globe and put Antarctica in the center, it gives the illusion that it's moving.

[lpetrich]

From Lunar Rover Moon Landing Map - Pics about space -- all but the most recent soft-landing sites.


From Moon Landing Map

[erimir]

[JoeP]

The bears sleep for you


By my reckoning the surname Mäkijärvi means "hill lake".

[lpetrich]

From NASA Mars Landings Map (page 2) - Pics about space

Elevation false colors:


From ESA - Robotic Exploration of Mars: Scientists favour four ExoMars landing sites


From Potential Landing Sites for Mars 2020 Rover Narrowed Down to Eight Locations « AmericaSpace

[lpetrich]

It's much harder to find stuff on Venus landings, but I've found this:


From Venus Life: Scorpion, Arachnids Moving On Surface says Ksanfomaliti | Plasma Astrophysics

I've also found something on the Huygens lander's location on Titan:


From Titan, the Enigmatic Moon, and Huygens Landing Site | ESO

[Dingfod]

Rosetta's Philea comet probe landing site(s).

[Watser?]

For the record, I'm in Little Havana.

And Pan is in Train Delay Central

[JoeP]

So it's incorrect to apply "cheeseheads", "flat and dull" and "why did they drain this bit" to the entire country? Well, I believe I've learnt something.

[Janet]

That light brown bit just next to the words "First to drown" looks like the lower peninsula of Michigan on its side.

[erimir]

Originally Posted by JoeP

So it's incorrect to apply "cheeseheads", "flat and dull" and "why did they drain this bit" to the entire country? Well, I believe I've learnt something.

Also the same for "frugal", apparently.

[Janet]

Locations of British television shows, more or less.

[Watser?]

Tagarrrrt is pretty clearly Glaswegian. I love how they pronounce Murrrrrrdarrrrr.

[Dingfod]

What about Monarch of the Glen? Whar be Glenbogle and Ben Bogle?

[slimshady2357]

[livius drusus]

Yeah Robocop!

[The Lone Ranger]

The United States Geological Survey makes wonderful topographic maps on various scales. Those are cool enough, but Hubbard Scientific makes and sells 3-D raised relief versions of the USGS's 1:250,000 scale topographic maps.

Here, for example, is their raised relief map of the Knoxville, TN quadrangle.

For reference, the map is about 30 inches wide. The Knoxville quadrangle includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park and some of my favorite hiking & camping areas. I just ordered 4 of these maps (the Knoxville, Charlotte, Johnson City, and Winston-Salem quadrangles). These 4 maps cover the entirety of GSMNP, as well as a large portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway, plus other interesting areas, such as several of my favorite State Parks and National Forests.

Ultimately, I plan to connect the 4 maps and mount them on my office wall. I think it'll look fantastic.

[Megatron]

Originally Posted by slimshady2357

Wait, Wile E. Coyote is from Utah? Since when? Man, all those cartoons looked like the mojave desert to me, east california/west nevada.

[The Lone Ranger]

Several of the cartoons feature what are unmistakably Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), which are native to the Sonoran Desert. That would place the cartoons in Southern Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, or extreme southeastern California.

That having been said, from what I recall, the landscapes in some of the cartoons seemed to resemble the Arches region of Utah more than the Sonoran or Mojave regions.



Of course, whatever bird that is that Wile E. Coyote is chasing, it looks nothing like an actual Roadrunner. (Fun fact: the ground speed of a Greater Roadrunner tops out at about 20 mph; a Coyote can run at over 40 mph.)

[ceptimus]

I always thought the scenery looked like Monument Valley which is on the Arizona/Utah border.

Road Runner is named as 'Texas Road Burner' in one of the cartoons, but I don't recall ever seeing any mention of where Wile E came from.

[Megatron]

Originally Posted by The Lone Ranger

Of course, whatever bird that is that Wile E. Coyote is chasing, it looks nothing like an actual Roadrunner. (Fun fact: the ground speed of a Greater Roadrunner tops out at about 20 mph; a Coyote can run at over 40 mph.)

yeah, I've seen a greater roadrunner. I was actually rather disappointed as a kid. Then I heard that those bastards can (and frequently DO) kill rattlesnakes, which is cool as hell.

(good lord is there anything TLR doesn't know? one of these days I'm going to find it.)

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Megatron

(good lord is there anything TLR doesn't know? one of these days I'm going to find it.)

Let's ask.