Cool site!
Makes one feel very small in relation, doesn’t it?
and the Solar System is but a tiny tiny tiny little speck of the Milky Way.
amazing
If you want to get an even better feel for how vast the distances are in the solar system, check out Celestia, which I mentioned above. Limit yourself to light speed when travelling around the Solar System. The Solar System is huge. The universe is huger. (grin) Using celestia, you can set your speed to 1AU/sec. That means it would only take you 1 second to get from Earth to the Sun (and get a really bad sunburn). It only takes about 32 seconds to get to Pluto at 1AU/sec. Now, travelling at that same speed, head to Alpha Centauri. Be prepared to wait a while.