How Small Are We?

I have found this video while randomly browsing the popular YouTube.

Very Interesting and Frightening at the same time.

You want to know how small are we?



Very,

VERY

Small

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[edit on 19/4/07 by Souljah]

Amen brother, and we used to think we were the center of the universe...

Unfortunately, most people think we are alone and this won't necessarily stop their beliefs.

It is quite heartening to know that we are very small. The universe is truly a fascinating place eh .

Wow, I remember when I was a child and thinking about how HUGE Jupiter was and to see it now, compared to some of the Stars out there.. Space is an amazing place..
good find dude

And to think, all this time we thought we were the most important things to happen in this universe. How Self-Centered are we as a species anyway?

TheBorg

Originally posted by TheBorg
And to think, all this time we thought we were the most important things to happen in this universe. How Self-Centered are we as a species anyway?

Perhaps we focus on the important things that we do know about,and our knowledge of space isn't exactly big enough....yet.

BTW,there's another thread that shows the same stars & planets in pictures.
Hmm the last 2 stars in that video isn't in that thread ^^^.

[edit on 20-4-2007 by tormentor]

I always liked the coffee saucer analogy. Not sure where I read it, probably in one of William K. Hartmann's books, but the analogy goes something like this:

The Earth is the size of a molecule, and our Sun is the size of a speck of dust. So, our entire planetary solar system is the size of a coffee saucer. Got that? Take your coffee saucer and place it on the ground. Now walk one city block away and place another coffee saucer on the ground. That is the next closest star system to ours. Now continue placing coffee saucers on the ground, approximately one city block distant from each other in all directions, until you have covered the entire North American continent. That is a fair representation of our galaxy, The Milky Way. The next nearest galaxy is as far away from us as the Moon. After that, you're right back to infinity again.

— Doc Velocity

[edit on 4/20/2007 by Doc Velocity]

Originally posted by TheBorg
And to think, all this time we thought we were the most important things to happen in this universe. How Self-Centered are we as a species anyway?

That is quite natural. Every living being on this planet thinks and acts like he/she/it is the centre of the universe, because there is you, and the universe that surrounds you.

www.nikon.co.jp...

That site by Nikon is called universcale. It really put in perspective our size in relation to the universe.

Originally posted by yanchek
That is quite natural. Every living being on this planet thinks and acts like he/she/it is the centre of the universe, because there is you, and the universe that surrounds you.

Good point.

I think this little cartoon from the Simpsons tells it all:

I never saw that simpsons beginning before! thanks for sharing that!
My small mind can wrap around that, as I have been laying in bed and had this werid feeling.. I felt so small and tiny, yet very heavy and large at the same time.. Anyone else know that "feeling"?

The heavy and large part, yes. Now where did I leave my donuts? Doh!

— Doc Velocity

[edit on 4/20/2007 by Doc Velocity]