{"id":5119,"date":"2003-10-30T06:22:59","date_gmt":"2003-10-30T13:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=5119"},"modified":"2003-10-30T06:22:59","modified_gmt":"2003-10-30T13:22:59","slug":"the_next_best_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/10\/30\/the_next_best_t.html","title":{"rendered":"The next best thing to being there"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.die.net\/earth\/hemisphere.html\">World Sunlight Map <\/a>shows a realistic picture (well, two) of the Earth and which parts are light, which are dark.  Very cool.  It&#8217;s like being in orbit, except for the weightlessness and vacuum and expensive space program and that stuff.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghostofaflea.com\/archives\/000746.html\">GoaF<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Sunlight Map shows a realistic picture (well, two) of the Earth and which parts are light, which are dark. Very cool. 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Very cool. 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