If the Earth

[conscious evolution]

If the Earth were only a few feet in diameter,floating a few feet above a field somewhere, people would come from everywhere to marvel at it. People would walk around it,marveling at its big pools of water,its little pools, and the water flowing between the pools. People would marvel at the bumps on it,and the holes in it,and they would marvel at the very thin layer of gas surrounding it and the water suspended in the gas.The people would marvel at all the creatures walking around the surface of the ball,and at the creatures in the water.The people would declare it precious because it was the only one,and they would protect it so that it would not be hurt.The ball would be the greatest wonder known,and people would come to behold it,to be healed,to gain knowledge,to know beauty,and to wonder how it could be.People would love it,and defend it with their lives,because they would somehow know that their lives,their own roundness,could be nothing without it.If the earth were only a few feet in diameter..
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I saw this on a t-shirt and thought it was worth sharing.Hope y'all enjoy it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. If the Earth were 4 foot in diameter

that is, one ten millionth of its real size:

Mount Everest would be about 3 hundredths of an inch above sea level
Most of the oceans would also be about 3 hundredths of an inch deep

We'd think it was pretty smooth, really, but a bit damp on most of its surface. The largest creature, the blue whale, would be about 3 microns long - the size of a bacteria.

[conscious evolution]

3. A really good magnifying glass

might come in handy then.

[mikeytherat]

2. If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you?

If:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94-_w9ARX0

mikey_the_rat

[Uncle Joe]

4. You can't see the big picture if you're too close to it. this also pertains

to "not being able to see the forest for the trees". As our Earth engulfs our perception of reality with it's relatively large size compared to us, it's easy to take it for granted. This false reality became easier to overcome when the first photos of Earth were taken from space by the Apollo astronauts, highlighting the tiny frailness of the blue marble, we call home, floating in the vastness of empty space, but we still have a long way to go.

Thanks for the thread, conscious evolution.

[warrior1]

5. Made me think of this. If man became extinct.

[Uncle Joe]

6. Nice graph, warrior and I like your sig line.

:thumbsup:

[warrior1]

7. Thanks Uncle Joe!

[conscious evolution]

8. Thanks for the timeline