Want to feel small?
Check this wonderful page out. I knew we were small…. but this puts it into a whole new perspective. I think the tabletop setting enhances the differences. I haven’t been astronomically impressed like this in a long, long time. Via boingboing.net
You are right, this really does put our world in perspective. I had no idea! And, anyone can graps the concept in those illustrations. Great teaching tool!
Thanks!
[...] My fellow blogger in Portugal, known at Matsu (Europe), recently wrote this post about a series of photos that give some perspective to the size of the earth in our solar system and then compares it across all solar systems. [...]
It all looks pretty small to me on those pictures
Just kidding.