The same guy (Johan Jarnestad) has been doing all the nobel prize illustrations and infographics for years!
replyLooking at the behance site it's a pretty good choice, glad some illustrators are still making a living in the AI age.
replyTo be fair, the base was already there and logistically essential. The IceCube topside building is just a part of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, about a km or so from the Elevated Station.
replyThis image* from Wikipedia surprised me. The topside building is...you could say...the tip of the iceberg. The detectors span a huge area going over 2km deep. The predecessor AMANDA array was also down there.
reply*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory#/...
Yes. It spans a cubic kilometer.
replyThe building is just for housing the data gathering and comms equipment and whatever maintenance and engineering stuff the array needs. I don’t think anybody physically works there regularly.
A trillion of these silly small guys pass through us every second.
Funny to imagine them like that.
replyThere are many things that my brain just can't handle, the size of the universe, more than 3 dimensions and this fact especially.
replyI will argue on your behalf that your brain can handle just one more dimension than the 3 you are likely referring to. :)
replyMost people are pretty bad at accounting for the effects of time.
replyIs this a Gödel Completeness thing?
replyIf you ever feel lonely, think about all those little friends who come visit you!
replyWe rarely bump into each other, actually. When we do it happens in a flash.
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