Apologies if this has been posted before, but this is an awesome site that lets you zoom in from the size of the observable universe to unbelievably itty bitty stuff! Check it out:

The Scale of the Universe

You'll notice I'm not in that picture anywhere ... that's because the universe revolves AROUND me

That's insane!

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Originally posted by John Holgate Apologies if this has been posted before

Might have seen it on another forum, but it's great so who cares if it's be posted before.

Double kudos and huzzahs for posting anything that kicks Mark out of lurker mode.


You can advance to the bonus round if you can do the same with maven454.

ATB,
Sam

Don't give all the credit to him! :P School is out for the summer! And University is not a good mix with kiting!

ps- is it just me or is my avatar not showing up?

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Originally posted by Baluk ps- is it just me or is my avatar not showing up?

Not just you.... can't see your avatar here either. Did you try to change it recently?

ATB,
Sam

Okay time to own up. Who's sped through at warp speed from quantum foam to estimated size of the universe and back again ?

Me. :D

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Originally posted by RedSky Okay time to own up. Who's sped through at warp speed from quantum foam to estimated size of the universe and back again ? Me. :D

Oh fine.... I did it a couple of times but only because I was trying to slingshot around the sun and go back in time. :tumble:



ATB,
Sam

This is great thanks for sharing.

Love things like this, it really puts everything into perspective. Reminds me of the sidewalk in front of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum. They have signposts along the road for the locations of each planet to scale- so you can "walk" through the solar system. It's really fascinating.


One of the things I love about kiting (and sailing) is how connected I feel with the greater world around me

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Originally posted by MikeDobbs This is great thanks for sharing. Love things like this, it really puts everything into perspective. Reminds me of the sidewalk in front of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum. They have signposts along the road for the locations of each planet to scale- so you can "walk" through the solar system. It's really fascinating.

The Boston Science Museum has done something similar but markers are scattered throughout the city and as far out as Newton.

Map: http://www.everytrail.com/guide/community-solar-system-trail...

Tour Guide: http://www.mos.org/sln/wtu/passport.pdf

ATB,
Sam

Some numbers to go along with the diagram.

The visible universe consists of 500 million galaxy groups, 10 billion large galaxies, 100 billion dwarf galaxies, and 2,000 billion billion suns. Over 15 billion light years across. Which may just be a speck in the larger totality that we can't see. - Incognito David Eagleman

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Originally posted by OmniSmurfZ The visible universe consists of 500 million galaxy groups, 10 billion large galaxies, 100 billion dwarf galaxies, and 2,000 billion billion suns. Over 15 billion light years across. Which may just be a speck in the larger totality that we can't see. - Incognito David Eagleman

Hope you're not claustrophibic Kami ... sounds croweded around you ....

trippy

good find!

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Originally posted by Bigbear97e Quote: Originally posted by OmniSmurfZ The visible universe consists of 500 million galaxy groups, 10 billion large galaxies, 100 billion dwarf galaxies, and 2,000 billion billion suns. Over 15 billion light years across. Which may just be a speck in the larger totality that we can't see. - Incognito David Eagleman Hope you're not claustrophibic Kami ... sounds croweded around you ....

Hell no - everyone needs innumerable worshippers!

Thanks John, that's really cool.

It truly gives you the recognition of how infinitesimally puny we are in the grand scheme, and yet we feel like we are in control of so much.

We're like chihuahua's in the grand scheme of galactic presence

So small, so confident, so certain of our greatness, and yet we really only have control over things like where we decide to take a whiz... or whether or not we'll listen and obey.