The Interactive Scale of the Universe

[laughingramMember]

Many of you may have already seen this: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html
But it’s really, really damn good.
And a brilliant time waster, which you might actually learn a thing or two from.

Also, for the Block placing folk among us, there’s a nice little addition sitting beside Neptune. ^^

Seeing as 3 days ago it would have been Douglas Adams birthday, I feel I should also add this:
“Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”

[darkgryphon42Member]

Hey, thanks for posting this and yes, yes that was an awesome addition to the solar system. ;)

Ok last edit but also nice Adams reference. Erm it’s pretty clear I love his work <.< (looks at her own screename).

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[proudplatypusMember]

Pretty fun. Although not quite the best thing I’ve seen for getting across the shear scale of things. The most interactive of them I’ve seen though.

[laughingramMember]

@darkgryphon42 Thought there might be some Adams fans around here. ^^ H2G2 is almost certainly my favourite book series.

@proudplatypus yeah, there’s some that do get across how big/small things are bit a little better, but I’ve never seen one quite so full with little extras – additions like the total human hight are great; we’re 7x taller than the sun, which make you realise how many of us there are, then you zoom out and find that’d only get 1/15th of the way from the earth to sun.
On the small size – jeez transistor gates are small. :p

[rilon99Member]

Good Lord I love this! When you said it was a brilliant time waster, damn were you right! Although in some cases, it may not be an actual “waste’ of time if you learn something from it. This thing is a lot of fun. I think I need to play with it again.

[darkgryphon42Member]

Time to grab my towel. =P

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