Someone indirectly asked about an image of the universe posted here recently so I looked a little further. Turns out it was the product of the Millenium Simulation: the largest n-body simulation to date, containing more than 10 billion particles and using a computer cluster of 512 processors over a period of 28 days. The simulation was run by the Virgo Consortium, an international collective of scientists dedicated to pushing the boundries of cosmological simulation.
LINK/IMAGES/VIDEO [Millenium Simulation]
LINK [Virgo Consortium]
Related:
LINK/IMAGE [new, interesting composite image of Galaxy Cluster MS 0735]
The Conversation {2 comments}
Aphex Twin comes to mind when I watch that. Something ambient…
It’s odd that only secondary colours of orange, purple and green are present. The primaries are in there of course, however are not as prominent.
I think it’s more a function of the general coarseness of the simulation, no to mention that at scales such as this, human color perception is basically irrelevant.
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