Putting things into perspective

[BMWDEAN]

This kinda puts things into perspective:

[Mika]

It is good to keep things in perspective. Thanks for the pictures and the lesson.

[Belquar]

I was trying to figure out how to put that up in your other thread about the pictures. I got that in an email but couldn't save the pictures for whatever reason. It really lets us know how inconsequential we are in the grand scheme of things.

[Rasbutan]

Its also out dated since Pluto isn't a planet any more :stick

[Mika]

Its also out dated since Pluto isn't a planet any more :stick

That is part of what made it a lesson for me.:wave

[MCMXCIVRS]

Its also out dated since Pluto isn't a planet any more :stick

Nothing there states that Pluto is actually a planet, it just shows its there :nyah :hide

And while we're pointing out inaccuraccies, where the heck are Saturn's rings. :stick


Clearly these are extremely important issues and need to be debated at length in this thread. :lol

[Mika]

Saturn's rings!?

Does this mean she is divorced and free to date?
Will we have strange planets dropping into our solar system and spending the night?

[lenrt1200st]

Its also out dated since Pluto isn't a planet any more :stick

If you place this Rasbutan;182485 post next to the representation of Pluto in the series of Earth-sizes globes, you'll begin to realize just how small and petty some attitudes can be! (hint, hint)
:violin
Len

[flash412]

In addition to the size of the Earth wrt other celestial bodies, what is REALLY needed to put things into perspective is to show a proton the size of a tennis ball and an electron the size of a marble, about five miles away. Not only are we tiny, but when a closer view is taken, it can be seen that we are mostly made from nothing. (But that "atomic thing" is just too hard to photograph.)

[Rasbutan]

Nothing there states that Pluto is actually a planet, it just shows its there :nyah :hide

And while we're pointing out inaccuraccies, where the heck are Saturn's rings. :stick


Clearly these are extremely important issues and need to be debated at length in this thread. :lol

I'm glad someone in here picked up on the joke. :banghead

and I didn't see the moon on here.....

[Oldhway]

Wait a minute! If Satrun's rings are missing,doesn't that mean she'll smoke when started? Especially when parked on the side stand. Let's see if A=B and B=C then A=C therefore......
















Saturn is a K bike! :doh

[RandyB]

In addition to the size of the Earth wrt other celestial bodies, what is REALLY needed to put things into perspective is to show a proton the size of a tennis ball and an electron the size of a marble, about five miles away. Not only are we tiny, but when a closer view is taken, it can be seen that we are mostly made from nothing. (But that "atomic thing" is just too hard to photograph.)

2 Corinthians 4:18...while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

One of the things I liked about living in the desert was looking up at night and realizing a sense of perspective. I'm a little speck of carbon on a little ball of rock but there's Something bigger out there and it's gonna be OK.

Good humor here too.

[DocZ]

For other takes on perspective, see the video: "What the Bleep? Down the Rabbit Hole" or for the non-vidiots, try reading John McPhee's "Annals of a Former World".

McPhee reaches deeper, sez I though I'd have to give "Bleep" an A++ for effort.

[The_Veg]

And those pictures have nothing on the distance between the sun and planets.

And that had nothing on the distance across our galaxy.

And that has nothing on the distances to other galaxies.

Wow.

[PAULBACH]

Want to stretch the neural network?

There are Colliding Galaxies

Go here to watch galaxies collide (http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/astro/v/collisions.20050909/?src=ccss). <- Check it out

[Belquar]

Want to stretch the neural network?

There are Colliding Galaxies

Go here to watch galaxies collide (http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/astro/v/collisions.20050909/?src=ccss). <- Check it out

Very Cool Paul.

Mind boggling how small we are.

[12bswayed]

They look like a bunch of bowling balls to me....adult, jr., child....