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The scale of everything

  • 02-02-2010 12:15am
    #1
    djhaxman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,351 ✭✭✭


    Found this http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/525347

    Worth a look, gives you some sort of an idea of how much stuff there is bigger and smaller than it is possible for us to see without the aid of telescopes and microscopes.


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  • #2
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    Mind boggling!


  • #3
    Beeker
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beeker


    Thats great it should be shown to school kids everywhere.


  • #4
    rccaulfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭rccaulfield


    Nice one- i prefer this one for the stellar sizes- oldy but a goody!


  • #5
    Kevster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Kevster


    Good to see that Boeing 747 there (and not the pesky A380!). That was quite interesting - Thanks OP.

    Kevin


  • #6
    c montgomery
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,122 ✭✭✭c montgomery


    rccaulfield wrote: »
    Nice one- i prefer this one for the stellar sizes- oldy but a goody!


    Amazing


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  • #7
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    Sorry if this has been posted before.



    Ideally watch it at maximum resolution and full screen.


  • #8
    nyarlothothep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,182 ✭✭✭nyarlothothep


    Its not that big


  • #9
    Kevster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Kevster


    At least it's bigger than your brain, nyarlothothep (but that's not very difficult)

    Kevin

    PS - you left yourself exposed to that by not backing up what you said. Maybe that actually highlights what I previously mentioned... ... :rolleyes:


  • #10
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    nyarlothothep wrote: »
    Its not that big

    Well its not as big as my...


  • #11
    SkepticOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭SkepticOne


    "I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." - Douglas Adams.


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  • #12
    Flukey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,005 ✭✭✭✭Flukey


    Writen by Bud Luckey, an old simple classic, from that great program Sesame Street, that is very approriate here.


  • #13
    thecornflake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 784 ✭✭✭thecornflake


    king-stew wrote: »
    Well its not as big as my...

    pen,is there anything else you were thinking of ?


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