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If Earth Was Small, Could You Feel Detail?

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We like the think the Earth has a lot of texture: mountains, valleys, trenches, rock, grass, water. But is human touch sensitive enough to detect these features? Let's find out with some scale models.

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Vanessa R Bradley - Thumbnail

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