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The origins of the universe (sanctius.net)
submitted 7 months ago by Darth-Sarah
[–]pwndapanda 91 points92 points93 points 7 months ago
More like the solar system.
[–]molkhal 8 points9 points10 points 7 months ago*
That egg yolk is so hypnotizing and pretty.
[–]MoonDaddy 18 points19 points20 points 7 months ago
I must object to the scale. If we consider the yolk to be the sun, Jupiter is about the right size, but Earth is just way too fucking big.
[–]allupgradeswillblost 6 points7 points8 points 7 months ago
All the more hurt for when we crash into that shell.
[–]grachasaurus 22 points23 points24 points 7 months ago
What does this have to do with anything?
[–]stupidinternet 6 points7 points8 points 7 months ago*
To make an apple pie from scratch, one must first crack an egg.
[–]PacktLikeFishees 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
False. I use no egg in my apple pie.
[–]NoWeCant 5 points6 points7 points 7 months ago
This image has more to do with /r/cooking than it does with /r/space..
[–]grachasaurus 3 points4 points5 points 7 months ago
This should be in /r/spacemodernart.
[–]HarryBlotter 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
I was hoping that subreddit existed :(
[–]antena 8 points9 points10 points 7 months ago
Is there a large version of this anywhere?
I like it sooo much.
[–]mc4 6 points7 points8 points 7 months ago
Here's a 1024x768 version, largest I could find http://i.imgur.com/9pcwb.jpg
[–]squajbob 6 points7 points8 points 7 months ago
1600x1226 if you care for something larger.
[–]antena 3 points4 points5 points 7 months ago
Antileech protection? But thanks anyway, I'll try to get around it.
[–]mc4 12 points13 points14 points 7 months ago
Imgur version http://i.imgur.com/g7dR7.jpg
[–]yarnage 3 points4 points5 points 7 months ago
All of the upvotes, good sir.
[–]Landsberg09 4 points5 points6 points 7 months ago
1920x1200
[–]antena 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Thanks man, exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. Very much appreciated.
[–]MrBidoof 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
1680x1050
[–]EnderbyEqualsD 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Stupid widescreen monitor...
This would make an awesome wallpaper.
[–]purplecow 3 points4 points5 points 7 months ago
Well in the Finnish creation myths the world did come from an egg laid by a teal. Here is the relevant part:
Quick the maiden moves her shoulders,
Shakes her members in succession,
Shakes the nest from its foundation,
And the eggs fall into ocean,
Dash in pieces on the bottom
Of the deep and boundless waters.
In the sand they do not perish,
Not the pieces in the ocean;
But transformed, in wondrous beauty
All the fragments come together
Forming pieces two in number,
One the upper, one the lower,
Equal to the one, the other.
From one half the egg, the lower,
Grows the nether vault of Terra:
From the upper half remaining,
Grows the upper vault of Heaven;
From the white part come the moonbeams,
From the yellow part the sunshine,
From the motley part the starlight,
From the dark part grows the cloudage;
And the days speed onward swiftly,
Quickly do the years fly over,
From the shining of the new sun
From the lighting of the full moon.
Here is the full text of the first chapter.
[–]h0ser 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
I believe there is a hindu theory, that the universe is an egg that is an infinite cycle of expansion and collapse. I didn't look this up before typing it and am insecure about this fact. It was from a random conversation years ago and just popped up now.
[–]62Godwin 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
Meh, looks like a stock image.
[–]Geruvah 8 points9 points10 points 7 months ago
Told you the egg came first.
[–]Cognoggin 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
The Zygote came first.
[–]iziizi -2 points-1 points0 points 7 months ago
Actually, the chicken did.
[–]Atom_Smasher 10 points11 points12 points 7 months ago
Actually, no. It's a pretty well known fact that millions of egg-laying animals existed before any fowls (ancestors of domestic chickens) evolved. Just take dinosaurs for a start. They laid eggs 250mya, long before chickens. If you want to learn more here's an article.
[–]Rebuhl 4 points5 points6 points 7 months ago
There's a quote, I think I heard it on QI, that's something like "Anyone who still asks 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?' hasn't understood evolution."
[–]Atom_Smasher 3 points4 points5 points 7 months ago
I'm unashamed to admit that QI was where I first learned that. I also heard this fine joke: The chicken and the egg were in bed after having had sex when one said to the other 'Huh, I guess that answers that old question'.
[–]ViscidGobs 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Eggs-actly.
[–]achshar 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
the earth is too big
[–]gluecode 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Where is the chicken?
[–]Dannysmartful 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Brain on drugs foo
[–]AuxiliaryPost 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Reminds me of this great short story by Andy Weir http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
[–]EmLeingod 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
I'm calling photoshop
[–]goofygoobarock 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Beautiful, who drew this?
[–]javetter[] 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
But which came first the chicken or the egg?
[–]sunil88 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Guess that means the egg came first.
[–]coheedcollapse 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Am I the only person here who thinks that this is kinda corny?
Looks like something my grandma would send me with the subject "Fw:Fw:Fw:Fw:THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE!" or something.
[–]Kreivi 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
One egg's lower half transformed And became the earth below, And its upper half transmuted And became the sky above; From the yolk the sun was made, Light of day to shine upon us; From the white the moon was formed, Light of night to gleam above us; All the colored brighter bits Rose to be the stars of heaven And the darker crumbs changed into Clouds and cloudlets in the sky.
-Kalevala
[–]sprinkles123 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
All hail HenGod! For she hath lain us as her yolky residue. B'gawk.
[–]shriek 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Are you trying to say we all came from a vagina??.......oh..nevermind.
[–]mynoduesp 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Hey it's Kevin!
[–]stewiecubed 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
If you wish to make an omelette from scratch, first you must invent the [solar system].
[–]MaxChaplin 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
And they say back then our universe was a coal-black egg, until the god inside burst out and from its shattered shell he made what became the world we know.
[–]hihaatje 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
This proves it, the egg was definitely there before the chicken.
[–]QuasiStellar 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
The Earth is bigger than Neptune... ಠ_ಠ
[–]splunge4me2 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Where's the galactic chicken?
[–]mr_wiggin 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
That's fucking disgusting man, who the hell wants gas giant in their eggs?
[–]PompousAss 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
And that's no yolk.
[–]HisRoyalHiney 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
i agree with everyone, this picture of a cracked egg and planets on the table is completely unrealistic. scale, color, gravity holding everything onto a table? INACCURATE.
[–]BlasphemyAway 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Ah the ol' Cracking of the Cosmic Egg
[–]HonestCorporation 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
The Egg by Andy Weir.
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