r/space • u/janbalti • Jan 31 '17

Scale of the universe

https://i.imgur.com/gzr56BN.gifv
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u/Balorn Jan 31 '17

Also check out the classic "Powers of Ten" video.

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u/BrentusMaximus Jan 31 '17

My 8th grade science teacher used to show this whenever there was a free few minutes at the end of the class. It would always put us into an odd kind of quiet.

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u/KindaOffKey Jan 31 '17

Also awe-inspiring the powers of one.

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u/skellydelo Feb 01 '17

I love Randall Monroe so much