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  2. Globe effect - Wikipedia

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    The globe effect, also known as rolling ball effect, is an optical illusion which can occur with optical instruments used visually, in particular binoculars or telescopes. If such an instrument is rectilinear, or free of rectilinear distortion, some observers get the impression of an image rolling on a convex surface when the instrument is panned.

  3. SketchUp - Wikipedia

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    SketchUp is a 3D modeling software that is used to create and manipulate 3D models. It is used in architecture and interior design.. SketchUp is owned by Trimble Inc. The software has a free web-based version, and three paid subscriptions to gain access to applications for Windows and macOS.

  4. Rolling ball argument - Wikipedia

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    If the surface being explored is flexible or elastic, the way the ball is used may affect the reported topology. If the ball is forced into a wormhole mouth that is slightly too small, and the ball and/or throat distorts to allow the ball through, then in the ball's description of the surface, a "new" wormhole connection has suddenly appeared and disappeared again, and the connectivity of the ...

  5. Gaia Sky - Wikipedia

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    Gaia Sky is an open-source astronomy visualisation desktop and VR program with versions for Windows, Linux and macOS.It is created and developed by Toni Sagristà Sellés in the framework of ESA's Gaia mission to create a billion-star multi-dimensional map of our Milky Way Galaxy, in the Gaia group of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ZAH, Universität Heidelberg).

  6. Horizontal convective rolls - Wikipedia

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    Horizontal rolls are counter-rotating vortex rolls that are nearly aligned with the mean wind of the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL). They can be caused by convection in the presence of a moderate wind [2] and/or dynamic inflection point instabilities in the mean wind profile. [3]

  7. List of songs recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic - Wikipedia

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    free download at MySpace and weirdal.com The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (2009) Original, in the style of 1980s benefit songs like "We Are the World" by USA for Africa, "Hands Across America", and "Do They Know It's Christmas?" The song itself is a response to and parody of "Download This Song" by MC Lars.

  8. Ball lightning - Wikipedia

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    Ball lightning is a possible source of legends that describe luminous balls, such as the mythological Anchimayen from Argentinean and Chilean Mapuche culture.. According to a statistical investigation carried out in 1960, of 1,962 Oak Ridge National Laboratory monthly role personnel, and of all 15,923 Union Carbide Nuclear Company personnel in Oak Ridge, found 5.6% and 3.1% respectively ...

  9. Like a Version - Wikipedia

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    Like a Version is a long-running weekly segment on Australian youth radio station Triple J.It involves musicians playing two songs live in the Triple J studio, one of their own songs and then a cover version.