Scale of the Universe

[bless 'em all]

Found Earth, got bored after that.

So did they.

[alluvial]

Solar System to scale

Try this. The distances involved are to scale.

Found Earth, got bored after that.

Pretty cool though to think that the page is an actual half a mile wide.

[hyperD]

me too. I kept zooming out waiting to see that largest entity in the universe, 'Sasgurus Brain Nebulae'

till I realised I had to keep zooming in , untill I was looking up a thread-worms bum-hole

[gingerjedi]

Wow! According to that, Italy is nearly as tall as Pluto! Er, have I missed something?

It is so yes you have.

[MrMark]

Wow! According to that, Italy is nearly as tall as Pluto! Er, have I missed something?

[bless 'em all]

Very nice.

Good zoom level is to put the Sun on the screen and then try an spot the Earth! Always amazes me how conditioned people are into thinking that the Earth is about a 1/4 of the diameter of the Sun as "that's how it's shown in books."

I was mildly disappointed that the "zoom out" stopped before the proposition of a Multi-verse.

Solar System to scale

Try this. The distances involved are to scale.

[doomage]

[VectraMan]

Zaphod Beeblebrox was singularly unimpressed.

Has anyone found an online version of The Total Perspective Vortex?

[oscarose]

Very nice.
Always amazes me how conditioned people are into thinking that the Earth is about a 1/4 of the diameter of the Sun as "that's how it's shown in books."

Exactly, it’s very difficult to comprehend the scales involved from books.

[gingerjedi]

Nice!

Of course I could already comprehend all that in my own mind.

[EternalOptimist]

I was mildly disappointed that the "zoom out" stopped before the proposition of a Multi-verse.

me too. I kept zooming out waiting to see that largest entity in the universe, 'Sasgurus Brain Nebulae'

till I realised I had to keep zooming in , untill I was looking up a thread-worms bum-hole

[alluvial]

Very nice.

Good zoom level is to put the Sun on the screen and then try an spot the Earth! Always amazes me how conditioned people are into thinking that the Earth is about a 1/4 of the diameter of the Sun as "that's how it's shown in books."

I was mildly disappointed that the "zoom out" stopped before the proposition of a Multi-verse.

Funnily enough, that's what was said on the caving forum i got the link from.
Perhaps IT contractors share a certain existentialist angst with cavers?

[nomadd]

This is way cool...

Scale of The Universe

Very nice.

Good zoom level is to put the Sun on the screen and then try an spot the Earth! Always amazes me how conditioned people are into thinking that the Earth is about a 1/4 of the diameter of the Sun as "that's how it's shown in books."

I was mildly disappointed that the "zoom out" stopped before the proposition of a Multi-verse.

[oscarose]

This is way cool...

Scale of The Universe

Thanks for posting this. Good stuff.

[alluvial]

This is way cool...

Scale of The Universe