That's bad-ass. I teach that scale model to my students. But it is IMPOSSIBLE to do accurately and truly effectively.
I'm not far from Black Rock. Field trip!!!
July 27, 2017, 10:26 PM
mdblanton
Very, very cool. Thanks for posting.
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July 27, 2017, 11:10 PM
cruiser68
Seen it before but definitely worth a repeat. Thanks for posting. We're just floating on this tiny ball in the middle of nowhere.
July 27, 2017, 11:15 PM
6guns
I love that shit! Thanks for posting!
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July 27, 2017, 11:51 PM
dsiets
I bet they could simulate the speed of light by doing a slow walk from the Sun to Earth by taking about 8 min. to get there.
July 28, 2017, 12:06 AM
LS1 GTO
If the Sun were the size of a tennis ball and located in Dallas, TX - the Earth would be the size of a grain of sand and the next nearest star in Boston.
The sky is full of a million micro-shards which have sparked as a result of two swords hitting each other.
Our planet is orbiting one of those micro-shards as it fades away into nothingness.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
If you know who Louie Giglio is, you'll know this video is Christian Faith based. It's worth the watch as he puts the Earth's size in perspective. Shocking perspective.
If the nucleus of a single Hydrogen atom was the size of a Softball, and its lone electron was the size of a baseball, they'd be more than a mile apart... The amount of "space" in everything (diamonds, ice, our bones, steel, everything...) is nearly incomprehensible.
July 28, 2017, 05:39 AM
gearhounds
It takes light 8 minutes to reach us from the sun; light takes a full 5.3 hours to reach Pluto.
Light traveling to our nearest star (Alpha Centauri binary twin) would take about 4.3 years.
At light speed, it would take some 26,000 years just to get to our galaxy's center.
The closest major galaxy to ours, Andromeda, is 2.5 million light years away.
When the Milky Way and Andromeda collide in 4 billion years, it is entirely possible that no stars will actually hit each other due to the vast distances between them.
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July 28, 2017, 07:13 AM
ChuckFinley
Thanks for posting.
#Plutolivesmatter
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July 28, 2017, 08:03 AM
MTJbyrd
Great video! Everyone on this planet should have the conception of how insignificant we really are -- regardless of which god you believe in (if you believe at all) or what politics you subscribe to. The few astronauts who have been to lunar orbit are the only ones who have seen it with their own eyes. And once you get a handle on that, you can ponder the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image of the edge of the observable universe.
July 28, 2017, 10:23 AM
tacfoley
quote:
Originally posted by 46and2: If the nucleus of a single Hydrogen atom was the size of a Softball, and its lone electron was the size of a baseball, they'd be more than a mile apart... The amount of "space" in everything (diamonds, ice, our bones, steel, everything...) is nearly incomprehensible.
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tac
July 28, 2017, 04:31 PM
jandersd
Very cool - thank you for sharing it
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July 28, 2017, 04:50 PM
oddball
Nice...thanks for posting
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July 28, 2017, 05:00 PM
ScreamingCockatoo
quote:
Originally posted by 46and2: If the nucleus of a single Hydrogen atom was the size of a Softball, and its lone electron was the size of a baseball, they'd be more than a mile apart... The amount of "space" in everything (diamonds, ice, our bones, steel, everything...) is nearly incomprehensible.
And that nothing touches. Repulsive force sees to that. I tell people, you think you're touching the keyboard? Nothing is solid. It's an illusion.
The only time matter touches is in the center of a black hole.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.
July 28, 2017, 05:24 PM
jhe888
Good video. Thanks.
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July 28, 2017, 05:47 PM
tigereye313
Welcome all!
July 28, 2017, 06:17 PM
apf383
Awesome perspective. Personally Im still not over that Pluto is not a planet thing.
