Steve | Ride behind Mercury June 21 2016 to June 21 2017 (Full year version) @SteveFlatEarth | Uploaded August 2016 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Ride behind Mercury extended version (1 year)
JPL HORIZONS ephemerides data animated
on an azimuthal equidistant flat earth map.
Shown from Mercury's perspective
at about 51,000 times actual speed. 2 seconds = 1 day
Sep 1, 2016 Solar Eclipse shown
Earth surface just appears to be spinning
because camera is attached to Mercury.
color key for object paths
sun - yellow
moon - grey
mercury - yellow green
venus - light belue
mars - red
jupiter - blue
saturn - brown
uranus - purple
neptune - green
Soundtrack: Pink Floyd
Ride behind Mercury extended version (1 year)
JPL HORIZONS ephemerides data animated
on an azimuthal equidistant flat earth map.
Shown from Mercury's perspective
at about 51,000 times actual speed. 2 seconds = 1 day
Sep 1, 2016 Solar Eclipse shown
Earth surface just appears to be spinning
because camera is attached to Mercury.
color key for object paths
sun - yellow
moon - grey
mercury - yellow green
venus - light belue
mars - red
jupiter - blue
saturn - brown
uranus - purple
neptune - green
Soundtrack: Pink Floyd