Scale of the Universe

[dalemadison]

Here is a great clip on Bad Astronomy showing the size of things

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/06/12/scale/

[Lester]

Thanks.

[TrevorW]

Small ain't we

thanks for making me feel insignificant:sad:

[Jen]

Dam :doh: i thought i was in the centre of everything :lol::lol:
Loved the music very intense :D

[scopemankit]

life was so simple when stars were holes into heaven!

[Matty P]

Very interesting video. Hard to comprehend that's for sure. :sadeyes:

I like the caption under the Earth - " You are Here " :lol:

Thanks.

[lacad01]

Mind blowing stuff indeed. I'll have a greater appreciation for Antares next time I view Scorpius :)

[dpastern]

hehehe. The human mind isn't really capable of truly understanding how "small" we are. That video helps though ;-)

Dave

[JD2439975]

Those are some seriously massive stars.

1100 years to fly around VY Canis Majoris!! :eyepop:
Think of the frequent flyer points...now that's hard to get your head around.
On the down side though you can bet the only inflight movie would be "Miss Congeniality" & the spirits would run out after an hour or two.

As Micheal Caine once said "We're just the dot on the i in the word sh.." :lol: