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cmaidaartworkblog · 1 year

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Some months ago, I created a series of maps and diagrams for @iguanodont‘s Birdbug worldbuilding project, representing the planet inhabited by their original species and its planetological data. This isn’t the first time I mapped out this planet, as I was also commissioned by Ripley back in 2020 back when I didn’t have nearly as much experience and knowledge as I do now. Two years later, I’ve been commissioned once again to revisit this world and its peculiarities.

This first map (in Equirectangular projection and poles-centered perspective) depicts the elevation for this planet, with a color gradient applied to the data.

Here is the same elevation data, presented without the color gradient.

This time, the elevation is presented with bodies of liquid water included, such as rivers, oceans, and lakes.

and in this one, the water is isolated from the other data, against a white background

Next, there are the surface temperatures that occur on this planet, the key to which is shown above. The four maps below show the seasonal temperatures for land and sea, in order of Northern Spring Equinox, Northern Summer Solstice, Northern Autumn Equinox, and Northern Winter Solstice.

Correlating closely to the above data is the snow and ice cover, which is fairly extensive on this planet owing to its high obliquity and distance from its star. Land ice only occurs where the snow falls and is compacted year-round, but snow and sea ice can be much more seasonal.

Seasonal precipitation levels were another important phase of this project, and the below diagram shows those levels for a given latitude (y-axis) on a given date (x-axis), with a key attached.

My reference for creating the above graphic is the figure below, which comes from a 2019 paper by A.H. Lobo and S. Bordoni titled “Atmospheric Dynamics of High Obliquity Planets”, and shows Earth’s precipitation levels compared to those of a planet with an 85° obliquity.

The following maps can now be better understood in light of these diagrams and keys.

-Northern Spring Equinox

-Northern Summer Solstice

-Northern Autumn Equinox

-Northern Winter Solstice

I was also tasked with mapping out the extent and density of this planet’s vegetation (or at least its alien equivalent), and from this you can see how wildly it varies by season, with very few year-round holdings. Precipitation is a major factor in where it is possible for plants to flourish, but snow cover and the extreme temperature swings limit it too. Near either pole, for example, within the space of a year temperatures soar far above Earth’s upper limits and also plummet below freezing; if either extreme were to be the annual norm for a region, some plants might adapt to those conditions, but because of the wild fluctuation any adaptations to one extreme would leave plants especially vulnerable to the other. These regions, then, remain barren regardless of rainfall or brief windows of mild temperatures, while areas with less wide temperature ranges allow for at least brief periods of flourishing.

Determining the surface temperatures for this planet required a lot of background work. The first piece of the puzzle for this was knowing the number of daily hours of sunlight for a given latitude and date, which is exemplified first in this diagram for Earth:

and then for the Birdbug planet, below. Since this planet rotates on an axis of 60 degrees, there are many more latitudes within range of either pole that experience periods of sunlight and darkness lasting longer than a day. The higher the latitude, the longer this period lasts, with the poles themselves experiencing either condition for half a year at a time.

Another important factor is the height to which the sun is seen to rise (more scientifically, the angle at which the sun’s light hits parts of the planet’s surface), seen here first for Earth and then for the Birdbug planet. In these diagrams, white represents the sun reaching the zenith of the sky (meeting the surface at a 90° angle), and black represents the sun failing to appear above the horizon (meeting at an angle of 0° or below), while shades of green and purple stand in for angles between those extremes. For Earth and the Birdbug planet alike, the sun reaches the zenith within the bounds of either planet’s Tropic circles of latitude, and fails to rise at all only within the Polar circles of latitude; the difference in obliquity means that the Birdbug planet’s key circles of latitude are flipped compared to Earth’s.

The duration of sunlight and the angle at which that sunlight is reaches the planet’s surface determine a planet’s Insolation, that is, the amount of solar energy it receives. The first image below is a preexisting diagram of Earth’s Insolation, where it is measured in watts per square meter. The next two images are my own attempts at replicating this data for Earth, and then for the Birdbug planet.

As seen in the diagrams above, Insolation on the Birdbug planet differs from Earth not only in its latitudinal distribution, but also in its sheer intensity at the higher latitudes. Compared to Earth there are twice as many latitudes for which the sun is shining longer than one rotational period, and many of those latitudes see the sun shine at a direct or nearly direct angle, whereas the Polar circles of latitude on Earth see the sun shine much more obliquely. Below, we can see the data that all the above figures were instrumental in finding: that is, surface temperatures. The first image is a preexisting figure that measures Earth’s mean surface temperatures by date and latitude, and below that is my attempt at replicating the data by my own process.

This is done not by just copying the seasonal Insolation data, but by also factoring in the yearly average for each latitude.

Above, we see the temperatures of the land by date and latitude, and below, we see the temperatures at the surface of the sea, which lag behind the land temperatures and remain comparatively mild.

Lastly, here’s an image I created to combine the snow and ice cover as well as the vegetation extent and density, as of the Northern Spring Equinox. This, along with the elevation map also seen here, is what I uploaded to maptoglobe.com in order to produce the screenshot at the top of this post.

These maps and figures (except for the preexisting ones) were all created in Photopea. Higher resolution versions of many of these images can be seen in my dedicated Reddit posts, linked below: reddit post one, reddit post two

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caimofnoceur · 4 years

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The list of science branches from my friend

Branches of Science:

1. Astronomy - study of celestial objects 2. Astrology - study of celestial functions 3. Anatomy - study of body structure 4. Bacteriology - study of bacteria 5. Biology - study of life 6. Bibliology - study of books 7. Chemistry - study of substance properties 8. Chaology - study of chaos 9. Cosmology - study of universe 10. Criminology - study of crime 11. Demography - study of population 12. Demology - study of human behavior 13. Demonology - study of demons 14. Diabology - study of devils 15. Diplomatics -science of ancient writings 16. Dysteleology - study of useless organs 17. Ecclesiology - study of church affairs 18. Ecology - study of environment 19. Economics - study of material wealth 20. Egyptology - study of ancient egypt 21. Entomology - study of insects 22. Entozoology - study of parasites 23. Epidemiology - study of diseases 24. Epistemology - study of knowledge 25. Eschatology - study of final matters 26. Ethnology - study of culture 27. Ethnomethodology - communication 28. Ethology - study of natural character 29. Etymology - study of word's origin 30. Euthenics - science of living conditions 31. Exobiology - study of extraterrestrials 32. Folkloristics - study of folklore 33. Garbology - study of garbage 34. Gemmology - study of gems 35. Genesiology - study of heredity 36. Geogony - study of earth's formation 37. Geography - study of earth's surface 38. Geology - study of earth's crust 39. Geomorphogeny-landform origin studies 40. Geratology - study of decay 41. Gerocomy - study of old age 42. Gigantology - study of giants 43. Glaciology - study of ice age 44. Gloosology - study of language 45. Gnosiology - study of knowledge 46. Hagiology - study of saints 47. Hamartiology - study of sin 48. Heliology - study of the sun 49. Helmintology - study of worms 50. Hematology - study of blood 51. Heortology - study of religious feasts 52. Heresiology - study of heresies 53. Herpetology - reptiles and amphibians 54. Hierology - science of sacred matters 55. Historiology - study of history 56. Hydrobiology - study of aquatic life 57. Hydrology - study of water resources 58. Iconography - study of drawing symbols 59. Iconology - study of symbols 60. Ideology - science of ideas 61. Immunology - study of immunity 62. Irenology - study of peace 63. Kalology - study of beauty 64. Ktenology - science of killing 65. Lexicology -study of words and meaning 66. Lexigraphy - art of defintion of words 67. Linguistics - study of language 68. Liturgiology - study of church rituals 69. Mariology - study of Virgin Mary 70. Mathematics - study of numbers 71. Metaphysics - principles of nature 72. Metaphsycology - nature of the mind 73. Meteoritics - study of meteors 74. Microbiology - study of microscopics 75. Micropaleontology - micro fossil studies 76. Mineralogy - study of minerals 77. Musicology - study of music 78. Mythology - study of myths 79. Naology - study of church architecture 80. Nephology - study of clouds 81. Neurypnology - study of hypnotism 82. Neutrosophy - study of origins 83. Noology - science of intellect 84. Nymphology - study of nymphs 85. Oceanography - study of oceans 86. Ombrology - study of rains 87. Oneirology - study of dreams 88. Onomastics - study of proper names 89. Ontology - study of pure beings 90. Optics - study of light 91. Orthoepy-study of correct pronunciation 92. Orthography - study of spelling 93. Paleoanthropology-study of early human 94. Paraphsycology-bizarre phenomena 95. Pataphysics -study of imaginary solution 96. Patrology - study of early christianity 97. Pedagogics - study of teaching 98. Phenomenology - study of phenomena 99. Philology - study of ancient texts 100. Philosophy - science of wisdom 101. Planetology - study of planets 102. Polemology - study of war 103. Praxeology - study of efficient actions 104. Pseudology - art of lying 105. Pseudoptics - study of optical illusions 106. Psychognosy - study of mentality 107. Pyrgology - study of towers 108. Rheology - study of deformation 109. Scatology - study of obscene literature 110. Seismology - study of earthquakes 111. Semantolography - study of meanings 112. Semantology-science of word meaning 113. Semiotics - study of signs and symbols 114. Sexology - study of sexual behavior 115. Significs - science of meanings 116. Sindinology - study of shroud of Turin 117. Sitology - dietetics 118. Sociology - study of society 119. Soteriology - theological salvation 120. Spectrology - study of ghosts 121. Storiology - study of folk tales 122. Stratography - art in leading in army 123. Suicidology - study of suicide 124. Symbology - study of symbols 125. Synectics - processes of invention 126. Systematology - study of systems 127. Teratology - study of malformation 128. Thanatology - study of death 129. Thaumatology - study of miracles 130. Theology - study of religious doctrine 131. Toxicology - study of poisons 132. Uranography - descriptive astronomy 133. Uranology - study of the heavens 134. Vexillology - study of flags 135. Virology - study of virus 136. Volcanology - study of volcanoes 137. Zoochemistry - chemistry of animals 138. Zoology - study of animals 139. Zoosemiotics - animal communication 140. Zootaxy - science of classifying animals.

-GOOGLEDFACTS

#science #branches #science branches #branches of science #googlefacts #the things that you can study #for real

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clairenan · 7 years

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Finally!

There was a weird sound outside of the room where I was teaching today, and some students said it sounded like a Tardis. I had to make them repeat because I couldn't believe it. I've been giving assignments that were referring to "the imaginary planet Gallifrey" for years (I teach planetology among other topics) and there was never one student knowing where I picked up that name from. Finally some French students who know doctor who!

#personal #doctor who is not so well known in France

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cmaidaartworkblog · 2 years

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Just getting around to posting these now that it's been weeks since I sent them in, but here's my second series of maps for @jayrockin‘s Runaway to the Stars project! This is the home planet of their Avian species of aliens, and being predominantly ocean-covered and having an obliquity of only 11 degrees, these factors result in a somewhat more stable, less seasonally variable climate than we see on Earth. Every image here is helpfully (hopefully) captioned, but for a quick summary, these maps represent the elevation data (with and without a color gradient and water systems); the seasonal ice extent (limited to the Equinoxes and an Annual Average since the Winter and Summer sea-ice extents aren’t that different and there’s very little land ice outside the poles); and maps showing the Average Annual Temperature, Total Annual Precipitation, a combination of the two along with a key, and, finally, a map broken down into distinct zones based on temperature and precipitation, ice cover, mountains, seasonality, and Continentality vs Oceanity, based loosely on the Trewartha climate classification system. Digital Painting (Photopea) 2022 Higher resolution copies of these maps can be found in my Reddit post about this : )

#Mapmaking #Imaginary Maps #imaginary planetology #imaginary geography #worldbuilding #alien planet #Runaway to the Stars #diagrams #major project #commissioned works #fictional planets #seasonal ice extent #climate zones #climate map #temperature map #precipitation map #digital painting #Photopea #Christopher Maida Artwork

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