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| title = Desert Island | | title = Desert Island | ||
| image = desert_island.png | | image = desert_island.png | ||
− | | titletext = Telescopes and | + | | titletext = Telescopes and bathyscapes and sonar probes of Scottish lakes, Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse explained with abstract phase-space maps, some x-ray slides, a music score, Minard's Napoleonic war: the most exciting new frontier is charting what's already here. |
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This comic is making the point that there is a wonderful world waiting to be explored in the ocean. From above it seems so plain, endless, and boring. But underneath the surface lies the most unexplored area on the planet. This comic is a commentary on the need to head below the waves and start exploring. | This comic is making the point that there is a wonderful world waiting to be explored in the ocean. From above it seems so plain, endless, and boring. But underneath the surface lies the most unexplored area on the planet. This comic is a commentary on the need to head below the waves and start exploring. | ||
− | + | * A bathyscape is a deep sea submersible: a submarine for exploring the ocean floor. | |
− | + | * Some Scottish loch are very deep, especially those in the Great Glen. | |
− | + | * The Tacoma narrows bridge collapsed when wind blowing over the bridge caused it to oscillate wildly. When the oscillations changed from one mode to another, they grew in amplitude until the bridge failed dramatically.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)] | |
− | + | * Minards Napoleonic war is a visualization of the losses incurred by Napoleons army in its attempt to conquer Russia.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Minard.png] | |
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:Cueball: Day 44: Still stranded, with nothing but flat empty water as far as the eye can see. | :Cueball: Day 44: Still stranded, with nothing but flat empty water as far as the eye can see. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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