The Scale of the Universe

[Orphia Nay]

I just came across this totally amazing new computer graphic via StumbleUpon:

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

I never knew "small" could be so small, and "big" could be so big!

Hope you like it.

 

[dlorde]

I just came across this totally amazing new computer graphic via StumbleUpon:

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

Very nice, thanks

 

[edona7]

Marvelous! Thanks for the link.

 

[fuelair]

Very nice, thanks

If it didn't have adult stuff on it, I would pass it to my school - other science teachers. Thanks from me though!!!!!

 

[HawaiiBigSis]

That is awesome!

Fuelair, what "adult" stuff?

 

[fuelair]

That is awesome!

Fuelair, what "adult" stuff?

The site has a mature (read - because I checked - XXX animations and animated games) section of games and animations. Have to go to that site to pull the other stuff. I or other teacher in trouble if the site is up and goes accidentally to same or if the kids pull it up and go to same. Really wish it had been done as an animation (like Powers of 10) so I could just pull it with no site contact. But.........

 

[HawaiiBigSis]

The site has a mature (read - because I checked - XXX animations and animated games) section of games and animations. Have to go to that site to pull the other stuff. I or other teacher in trouble if the site is up and goes accidentally to same or if the kids pull it up and go to same. Really wish it had been done as an animation (like Powers of 10) so I could just pull it with no site contact. But.........

And, while I noticed the games and animations, I didn't pay sufficient attention to know that they were XXX. Bummer.

 

[zooterkin]

There's also (as always) an xkcd comic on a very similar theme.

http://xkcd.com/482/

 

[Orphia Nay]

If it didn't have adult stuff on it, I would pass it to my school - other science teachers. Thanks from me though!!!!!

I did a bit of Googling and found it here:

http://www.documaga.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/scaleofuniverse.swf

I don't see any links to navigate away from the page. Hope this helps.

Also, while Googling, I noticed the graphic is a year old. Sorry, I thought it was new. It was new to me!

 

[carlitos]

Thank you! I have been looking for this for a while. When I saw the thread title, I was hoping this was it.

 

[Esperdome]

Very cool, Orphia!

 

[fuelair]

I did a bit of Googling and found it here:

http://www.documaga.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/scaleofuniverse.swf

I don't see any links to navigate away from the page. Hope this helps.

Also, while Googling, I noticed the graphic is a year old. Sorry, I thought it was new. It was new to me!

Nothing to apologize for!!! It is clearly new to most of us and it is totally neat!! And we (me for sure) still thank you for pointing it out!!

 

[Khan]

Definitely a way to bring the world(and universe) into perspective. Great link right there! (same goes to the xkcd link.)

It's still absolutely mind-boggling how large of a universe we live in.

 

[MG1962]

As Douglas Adams said. Its big...........REALLY big

 

[AdinDraco]

Here's one that I like - can't find the version with the music that I like though....oh well.

 

[Wowbagger]

I think it's appropriate that they used music from Spore in that Scale of the Universe thing.

 

[Alan]

And the distances between these big things are amazing.

 

[Orphia Nay]

Thanks for those videos, Adin and Alan! I've seen them before and I love them!

I think it's appropriate that they used music from Spore in that Scale of the Universe thing.

Ah, I knew I recognised it from somewhere! Thanks.

 

[Steve001]

I made a futile attempt to figure out how many orders of magnitude difference there are between the smallest distance and the largest distance either using my MS scientific calculator and an online calculator to no avail yet. None can handle such large and small numbers. If anyone can calculate that I'd really appreciate it. My math skills have waned appreciably since high school.

Thanks

 

[HghrSymmetry]

Fantastic, thanks ON.