isleepinahammock t1_ixfqrou wrote
You know what would be really fun? Imagine a few years from now, when we've got atmospheric profiles of several dozen extrasolar planets. Imagine creating a museum display for a science museum, "The Taste of Alien Worlds" or similar. Then have some means that visitors could smell or taste our best guess at what these atmospheres would smell/taste like. Smell has an immensely powerful emotional connection, and I think it would be amazing to smell an alien atmosphere while also watching a summary of the info we have on the planet. Such a thing would go beyond mere knowing facts, but to provide a visceral, emotional experience of what it would be like to see these worlds around other suns. I'm not sure how you practically present specific smells to thousands of visitors, but it seems like the type of problem that has likely been solved before. Maybe some sort of scratch-and-sniff or similar, IDK.
ianindy t1_ixfzz7n wrote
They did something like that at Epcot in Disney world. It was in the Universe of Energy building I think. They took you to the time of the dinosaurs and you could smell the sulphur in the air.
songsofadistantsun t1_ixg4t67 wrote
I remember that smell from when I went to the Banff hot springs. The acidic pool full of mineral deposits looked cool, but any closer than a few meters and you can't fucking breathe
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