If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel: A tediously accurate scale model of the Solar System

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[rickmichaels]

This is a waaaaaaaaaaaaay cool scale model of the Solar System that shows just how freakin' HUGE our own "little" neck of the woods really is.

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If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel

[Gulf War One]

Fantastic. Thanks!

[PreciousLiberty]

Yes, I thought that was a great site when I ran across it. It certainly makes it clear how much more sense it makes to do a lunar colony before trying a Mars colony...

[gorush]

Very cool, thanks. Here are a few more representations of stellar dimensions:

[cripplecreek]

Light speed between the earth and moon.



I agree that the moon is a better target for manned missions. An awfull lot of what we need to perfect for mars can be learned while living on the moon.

[nomad]

So if you scroll at high speed, not on the little end cursor, what warp speed factor would that be?

[submarinerswife]

It helps put things in perspective, doesn’t it?

[submarinerswife]

So if you scroll at high speed, not on the little end cursor, what warp speed factor would that be?

A lot.

[Moonman62]

Nice animation. The speed of light is ridiculously slow.

[cripplecreek]

The moon averages about one and a half light seconds away.

[BwanaNdege]

“Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy,

[rickmichaels]

Click on the little doohickey at the bottom right of the screen to travel at the relative speed of light. Waaaaaaaaay cool!!!!!!!!!!!

[outofsalt]

I try to keep every car I buy running for one, “moon unit” before I get another. ~240,000 miles. It would take a lot of cars to drive to Pluto.

[Koracan]

Fabulous representation of empty Space.

But we know how to bend & fold Space.

Here is a graphical presentation of this:

[martin_fierro]

S p a c e
Ping

Kept crashing my iPad

[ImNotLying]

bfl

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[Don Corleone]

I wonder if Pope Francis has even the slightest concept of how small we actually are and how little our effect can be compared to the massive sun/Son that controls our lives.

[IronJack]

The speed of light is ridiculously slow.

In cosmic terms, maybe. For our purposes here on Earth, it's nearly instantaneous.

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