Bakhmut at the Galactic Center
extent of inner halo 75 kly zone of avoidance Pol 5 NGC 6356 NGC 6284 Djor 1 NGC 6441 NGC 6496 Pol 8 Pol 12 NGC 6517 NGC 6553 NGC 6569 NGC 6624 NGC 6637 M70 M14 NGC 6652 NGC 6809 M56 M15 M2 NGC 6760 NGC 6749 M92 Andromeda Galaxy direction 90° Quadrant II Sagittarius Stream globular cluster open cluster Sun galactic plane Milky Way Bakhmut Бахмут Poland Warsaw Krakow Hungary Bosnia and Herzegovina kiloparsecs (kpc) kilolight-year (kly)
A map of Poland and parts of Central Europe is humorously overlaid on a diagram of the Milky Way, with red arrows pointing toward Bakhmut near the galactic center. The joke treats the battlefield location as if it were a vast astronomical structure or cosmic landmark, exaggerating its importance and distance for an absurd geopolitical reaction image.
astronomical galaxy diagram / астрономическая схема галактикиmap of Central Europe / карта Центральной ЕвропыPoland / Польшаred arrows / красные стрелкиMilky Way / Млечный Путьgalactic center / центр галактикиstar field / звёздное полеconstellation labels / обозначения созвездийcountry borders / границы странpink map overlay / розовая накладка-картаcity labels / обозначения городовBakhmut location / местоположение Бахмутаkiloparsec scale / шкала килопарсеков
- @dustinthehead / 14023 2023-05-21
- Type
- image
- Size
- 640×698 · 72.2 KiB
- Mood
- absurd, satirical
- Language
- en
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