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Posted By: kapowaz <halo.bungie.org@kapowaz.net> | Date: 11/8/07 11:58 a.m. |
In Response To: Astronomic sleuthing (minor *SP*) (Louis Wu) : Yes, I know that the consensus is that that bar galaxy is actually the Milky : Way. Is it? From previous discussion and comparing the relative position of The Ark to the galaxy visible at The Cartographer (end of 'The Ark' level; a galaxy which notably looks completely different to the one in the sky) it seems quite likely that the galaxy in the sky is in fact a completely different galaxy. If for no other reason, The Ark is likely to face away from the Milky Way (to shield it from the rings when they fire). Additionally, the Milky Way isn't a barred-spiral galaxy; it's a logarithmic spiral. I wrote some more about this previously, but I think my screenshots don't really convey the way The Ark appears on the 3D holographic image of the nearby galaxy very well. Maybe a short movie clip would help here.
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