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xkcd #3156: Planetary Rings

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If you don't know where you are on Earth, the angle of satellite dishes can help constrain your latitude. If some of them are pointing straight up, you're probably near the Equator, right under the ring.

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[–] Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What the fuck, I had no idea we had so many satellites. Also, this site is really cool. Thank you for making this!

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I know it blew my mind too when I first started building this! It's such a cool project to get to build!