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Title: Stuff like this just amazes me. Scale of the universe.
Post by: 82brutus on March 20, 2012, 10:28:29 PM: http://inciswf.com/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf (http://inciswf.com/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf)

After the commercial you can click on some of the objects to get facts about their size, etc. and then you can zoom in or zoom way out to see just how we fit in relative to the universe.

Pretty wild to think about.
Title: Re: Stuff like this just amazes me. Scale of the universe.
Post by: Dr.Lipids on March 20, 2012, 10:42:31 PM: Great link! :tu: I should've read your comment all the way though. I wanted to know more about some of those things and now I'll have to go back and click on them.
Title: Re: Stuff like this just amazes me. Scale of the universe.
Post by: badwolf on March 20, 2012, 11:35:37 PM: Yes, that's pretty awesome and reminds me of this classic :tu:
Powers of Ten™ (1977) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0#)
Title: Re: Stuff like this just amazes me. Scale of the universe.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 21, 2012, 12:54:03 AM: Quote from: badwolf on March 20, 2012, 11:35:37 PM
Yes, that's pretty awesome and reminds me of this classic :tu:
Powers of Ten™ (1977) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0#)

That one just reminded me of this....

Galaxy Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk#)

:D

Def
Title: Re: Stuff like this just amazes me. Scale of the universe.
Post by: badwolf on March 21, 2012, 01:05:56 AM: Quote from: Grant Lamontagne on March 21, 2012, 12:54:03 AM
Quote from: badwolf on March 20, 2012, 11:35:37 PM
Yes, that's pretty awesome and reminds me of this classic :tu:
Powers of Ten™ (1977) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0#)

That one just reminded me of this....

Galaxy Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk#)

:D

Def
Oh yes, classic but can we have your liver then :rofl:
Title: Re: Stuff like this just amazes me. Scale of the universe.
Post by: captain spaulding on March 21, 2012, 07:34:05 AM: I really love stuff like this. Really makes you think. :tu: I have always had a great interest in Astronomy. Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: Stuff like this just amazes me. Scale of the universe.
Post by: Logrus9 on March 21, 2012, 01:59:25 PM: National Geographic had a huge poster showing the scale of the universe. I printed it at work, about 3' x 5' and it was amazing.

Here it is for sale but I think it can be found for free as a file.

http://www.wayfair.com/National-Geographic-Maps-The-Universe-Map-RE00602011-GW1076.html (http://www.wayfair.com/National-Geographic-Maps-The-Universe-Map-RE00602011-GW1076.html)