Ok, to some this photo may make some people consider how insignificant we are, in relation to the rest of the universe.

But it also makes me think how insignificant the rest of the universe is, in relation to us.

That is just an awesome photo. Many thanks for sharing

Star and flag from me!

That Picture is awesome!! The picture is very humbling. It shows how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things but at the same time how there are most likely an infinite number of tiny worlds just like ours filled with life which IS significant.

I've often wondered about scales. Are we smaller relative to the known universe than an atom is relative to this planet? Imagine the implications of that, at least philosophically and psychologically. I've always known that we were miniscule beyond reckoning. But this really helps me to visualize it.

Originally posted by AceWombat04
I've often wondered about scales. Are we smaller relative to the known universe than an atom is relative to this planet? Imagine the implications of that, at least philosophically and psychologically. I've always known that we were miniscule beyond reckoning. But this really helps me to visualize it.

I'd say that we are infinitely smaller than an atom in relation to this planet. IF the universe is infinite then what size does that make us (in relation to infinity)? Surely the answer is 'unmeasurable'. That then brings questions regarding actual existence and our perception of the whole thing... Life is an incredible gift that we take for granted but we are as fish living in an aquarium where the only knowledge of what lies beyond the tank is what we can see.

Nice picture. To truely show how 114 millions miles is nothing, to travel this distance at the speed of light it's a 10 minutes trip. Compare this to the size of our galaxy which is 100,000 light years wide, 114 millions miles is not even next door, it's still pretty much inside the house.

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Originally posted by Kaynos
Nice picture. To truely show how 114 millions miles is nothing, to travel this distance at the speed of light it's a 10 minutes trip. Compare this to the size of our galaxy which is 100,000 light years wide, 114 millions miles is not even next door, it's still pretty much inside the house.

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Right. 114 Million miles is nothing really -- it's just a little more than the distance from the Earth to the Sun (which is about 93 Million miles)...

...and, still, we are that small.

Hey look, I can see my house! In all seriousness, this is amazing. It makes you feel as if we are stranded on a small life raft, in the middle of a vast, invisible ocean. It's quite saddening to think just how lonely we really are, stranded out here, imprisoned by the fabric of space-time and crippled by the indifferent hand of gravity.

Anyway, awesome thread! S&F

--airspoon

Shows everyone how truly insignificant we are in the big scheme of things.

Just a small speck of light in the sky, and that's the SUN, not even the Earth.

We're an insignificant speck in an insignificant part of our milky way galaxy, which is insignificant amongst the billions of other galaxies in the Universe.

Anyone who thinks that they're important is delusional.

Truly inspiring.

All that we do, EVERYTHING, is because of that speck of light. It really makes you think.

How about this picture from voyager, it shows us just how vast space is.



This picture was taken from 3,762,136,324 miles. When I see pictures like this it makes me think, how can something so small and insignificant be so important.

Peace.
ALS

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Amazing picture, shows us at still a small scale how big the cosmos is and how small and meaningless we are..

Also look at all those stars in the background, spectacular

Originally posted by ALOSTSOUL
How about this picture from voyager, it shows us just how vast space is....

...This picture was taken from 3,762,136,324 miles. When I see pictures like this it makes me think, how can something so small and insignificant be so important.

The Earth is big and important to those who call it home.
The Earth is small and insignificant to the rest of the universe.



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Amazing photo, goes to show just how big our satellite (The Moon) is compared to our planet.

wow...to think it looks just like a regular star in the sky....imagine how many other stars we look at tonight could have a whole population of people living on them....this just makes me think that we couldn't possibly be alone in this huge space....somewhere out there is another earth with people living on it...

Awesome picture. The Earth looks like a gem in space espoused to the Moon.

Truly unique in many ways. The Moon looks incredible large even from that distance. Bravo! Nice find. I really love stuff like this. S & F !