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Scale of our solar system

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:22 pm
by Flip
Found this on the official forum and thought that was worth mentioning here, as it's pretty amazing. It's an animation showing, in realtime, the journey of a photon emitted from the sun and travelling across a part of the solar system. Really puts things into perspective!

http://aswinehart.com/Riding-Light

Re: Scale of our solar system

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:51 pm
by Wolf
Is it just me? I find that very depressing.

Re: Scale of our solar system

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:06 pm
by Flip
It really shows how insignificant we are, but personally I don't find this depressing.

Actually, I think that if was shown to every children in the world, Earth would probably become a better place. But maybe it's just me. :)

Re: Scale of our solar system

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:31 pm
by Avago-Earo

Re: Scale of our solar system

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 9:34 am
by Kiltrathi
That is so impressive.

Re: Scale of our solar system

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:22 pm
by Roger Wilco Jr
Both links bookmarked and will be forwarded. :)

Those are freaking awesome. I cheated & downloaded the video. At 45 minutes it is long, but I think it would take 6-7 hours to reach Pluto! I never knew there was an earthworm larger than a human. What kind of fish do you catch with those? :roll:

Re: Scale of our solar system

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 9:36 pm
by CMDR -_Turbo_-
Let us remember the wise words of Frank from Men in Black...

"When are you humans going to learn? Just because something is important, doesn't mean that it isn't incredibly small..."

-Turbo

Re: Scale of our solar system

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:55 pm
by ikhar
Flip wrote:It really shows how insignificant we are, but personally I don't find this depressing.

Actually, I think that if was shown to every children in the world, Earth would probably become a better place. But maybe it's just me. :)


I totally agree with you. I've always thought that if humans were able to really apprehend the scale of the universe they would be wiser.

Re: Scale of our solar system

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:48 pm
by Jockgit64
CMDR -_Turbo_- wrote:Let us remember the wise words of Frank from Men in Black...

"When are you humans going to learn? Just because something is important, doesn't mean that it isn't incredibly small..."

-Turbo


That's what my wife said.... :D