The scale of the Universe

[riverwalker]

cool graphic

http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf

[TygrBright]

1. Wow. Just WOW. Both directions, micro and macro. Amazing! n/t

[Confusious]

2. Haha

Had the minecraft world. I keep seeing that around. I'll have to get it.

[1620rock]

3. AWESOME!!!!!

[Electric Monk]

4. Thanks for sharing. I hadn't seen that before, but it's very well done.

k&r

[mick063]

5. Thanks for sharing

kick

[Zalatix]

6. Minecraft world!!! LOL good one

[limpyhobbler]

7. neato!

[ZombieHorde]

8. I put a link to that website in my sig line because it is so awesome. nt

[WhoIsNumberNone]

9. Welcome to the Total Perspective Vortex

[JohnnyRingo]

10. Great perspective

Until the internet, I'd only read Sagan's Cosmos, and there was no way to visualize the vastness he described beyond my own imagination.

As an aside, I see the "average US home" has a bedroom, a badroom, and a goodroom. Geek humor I guess.
I saw so many other notable measurements along the way, too many to list. I noticed the total height of human inhaitants of the planet and the total distance traveled by Earth. I wonder who had to do that math.

I'm on my middle school aged grandson's laptop, and I'm saving this link to his desktop. Thanks!!

[masmdu]

11. Link not working...Just takes me to 4chan.com

[WhoIsNumberNone]

12. Still working for me-

You do have to sit through a commercial first...

[Liquorice]

15. It doesn't work for me either. It takes me to 4chan.org nt

[pokerfan]

17. Try either of these links

http://htwins.net/scale2/
http://static.flabber.net/files/scale-of-the-universe-2.swf

[progressoid]

13. That may be the coolest thing I've seen in a LOOONG time.

I wish my brother were here to see it. This is the kind of outstanding stuff from DU I would have emailed to him.

Thanks for this.

[renate]

16. it's so bittersweet...

... to see something that reminds you of how someone you love would have enjoyed it, but they aren't here any more to share it with them.

I'm sorry.

[progressoid]

22. Thanks.

It is bittersweet. I miss him everyday.

[Motown_Johnny]

14. The best new thing in the world

That is very cool, thanks for posting it

[burrowowl]

18. Thanks for posting!

[cantbeserious]

19. Impressive - Thanks For Sharing

eom

[Skittles]

20. wow!

[Surya Gayatri]

21. How cool is this? Here's why I LOVE DU...

I would never've found this on my own. Thanks for posting, RW!
SG

[SalviaBlue]

23. Super Cool! Thanks!!

[Broderick]

24. LOVE IT

[boxman15]

25. This is absolutely incredible. Wow.

Extremely fascinating, and the captions to each of the objects are pretty funny, too.

[Quantess]

26. Fascinating!

We never got this far in astronomy class.
I wonder if there is life in the Sombrero Galaxy?