Scale of the Universe

[dalemadison]

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

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...9/06/12/scale/

[Lester]

Thanks.

[TrevorW]

Small ain't we

thanks for making me feel insignificant

[Jen]

Dam i thought i was in the centre of everything
Loved the music very intense

[scopemankit (Chris)]

life was so simple when stars were holes into heaven!

[Matty P (Matt)]

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

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

Thanks.

[lacad01 (Adam)]

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

[dpastern (Dave Pastern)]

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

Dave

[JD2439975 (Justin)]

Those are some seriously massive stars.

1100 years to fly around VY Canis Majoris!!
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.."