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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">It is based on a very nice paper and
original map by Gott, Tegmark et al:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310571">http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0310571</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.astro.princeton.edu/universe/">http://www.astro.princeton.edu/universe/</a><br>
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That paper inspired me to make my Mercator Mandelbrot fractals,
since it made me realize one could take an arbitrary point and
make a strip-like map showing arbitrary zooms towards it without
distorting angles:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/87547772@N00/sets/72157615740829949/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/87547772@N00/sets/72157615740829949/</a><br>
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On 2016-01-09 17:52, spike wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is this cool or what?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have heard so much about how
superclusters form a meta-structure, the filaments and voids.
This is an excellent visual of that, with the foamy or
filamenty structure out there on the periphery.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">spike<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dr Anders Sandberg
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Oxford Martin School
Oxford University
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