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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
kenshirriff@oldbytes.space ("Ken Shirriff") wrote:

The Globus is a navigational instrument that uses a rotating globe to show the position of the Soyuz spacecraft above the Earth. Inside the Globus, a complicated system of gears and motors positions the globe. Jon Bruner from @lumafield created a three-dimensional X-ray scan for us. 1/4

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• gifv: A three-dimensional X-ray rendering of the Globus. It is a rotating image in blues, greens, and orange on a black background. The sphere that forms the globe is the most visible feature, but the knobs and internal mechanisms are also visible.