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== Size == | == Size == | ||
[[File:DJC-Portal.jpg|thumb|The Artifact, viewed from directly above.]] | |||
Interpretations of the size of the Artifact vary. In-game, the diameter of the structure is estimated to be 25.515 kilometers using the size of a Covenant [[CCS-class Battlecruiser|Battlecruiser]] above the portal and an overhead image or [[Pan Cam]] coordinates.<ref> http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=845588 </ref> However, several geographical facts seem to imply otherwise. As evidenced by ''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 3: ODST'', the Portal stretches from the edge of the metropolis of [[New Mombasa]] all the way to the edge of [[Voi]]. The distance between these cities is well over 100 kilometers. In this light, a diameter of mere 25.5 kilometers is an impossibility. This is further evidenced by the ending cutscene of ''Halo 3'', where the Portal is seen from low orbit. It is clearly close to the African coastline instead of being deep into the mainland, which would inevitably be the case if the portal was only 25 kilometers in diameter. | Interpretations of the size of the Artifact vary. In-game, the diameter of the structure is estimated to be 25.515 kilometers using the size of a Covenant [[CCS-class Battlecruiser|Battlecruiser]] above the portal and an overhead image or [[Pan Cam]] coordinates.<ref> http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=845588 </ref> However, several geographical facts seem to imply otherwise. As evidenced by ''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 3: ODST'', the Portal stretches from the edge of the metropolis of [[New Mombasa]] all the way to the edge of [[Voi]]. The distance between these cities is well over 100 kilometers. In this light, a diameter of mere 25.5 kilometers is an impossibility. This is further evidenced by the ending cutscene of ''Halo 3'', where the Portal is seen from low orbit. It is clearly close to the African coastline instead of being deep into the mainland, which would inevitably be the case if the portal was only 25 kilometers in diameter. | ||
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File:Storm1.jpg|The Forerunner Dreadnought enters the rift. | File:Storm1.jpg|The Forerunner Dreadnought enters the rift. | ||
File:PortalOrbit.png|The Artifact, as seen from Earth's orbit. | File:PortalOrbit.png|The Artifact, as seen from Earth's orbit. | ||
File:Ark_sTITCH.jpg|The Ark seen in the ''Halo 2'' Collector's edition DVD. | File:Ark_sTITCH.jpg|The Ark seen in the ''Halo 2'' Collector's edition DVD. | ||
File:Seismic_survey.png|A seismic survey of the Great Rift Valley, with the yellow dot marking the location of the Artifact. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||