Friday, January 11, 2008

Universal Scale

This is really cool. I came across these pictures depicting the relative sizes of various bodies in our solar system. The magnitude of our solar system alone is staggering. When one considers that our system is merely one of billions scattered throughout space, the immensity of the universe is inconceivable.

First, we have Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Earth's Moon:



Next we have Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Earth's Moon:



Finally, our Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars & Mercury, which is about the size of one pixel and barely visible. Our moon is too small to fit into this scale:



I don't know about you, but I'm awed and humbled by this.

3 comments:

Barbara said...

this is truly mind-boggling. At yet, we, as humans, tend to think we're the centre of the universe.

Jenn said...

makes you put things in prespective

Erik said...

Completely agree with Barbara!