[At the northern end of U.S. Route 1] Where the sparse, rolling landscape of northern Maine can get a bit monotonous, some relief is provided by the Maine Solar System Model. The MSSM, constructed in 2000 by the University of Maine at Presque Isle, is the fourth-largest solar system model in the world. The scale is 1 to 93 million, which means that one Astronomical Unit equals one mile. All of our system's planets are located along US Route 1, in order to present drivers with the opportunity to get a feeling of the scale of our solar system. Its original length was about 40 miles, all the way to Pluto, at the Tourist Information Centre in Houlton. . .
link: The Coastal Packet: MAPPING THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN NORTHERN MAINE
Cool! And there's a map at the link.
Also, JIC you're interested, here's the NORAD Santa tracker for this Christmas Eve.
I've been tracking Santa all morning and looking at all the pictures from around the world. Oh what fun!
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