Earth on the scale of things...

Red and White · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:09

Freefaller said:
Really nice representation. Makes you think really...

it made me think of the locker scene on Men in Black 2. how our perceptions of size are just... way off

Gilly · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:13

Clerkin said:
it made me think of the locker scene on Men in Black 2. how our perceptions of size are just... way off

Not seen MiB2 but it made me think of the very end of MiB, the alien playing marbles with galaxies.

Red and White · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:16

Gilly said:
Not seen MiB2 but it made me think of the very end of MiB, the alien playing marbles with galaxies.

same kind of thing, they open a locker and theres a whole species living in there thinking its the whole world. then at the end Tommy Lee opens a door at the MIB station and it shows that our world was in the locker of some other place too.

havent ruined any of the film for you there by the way just a gag in the film.

phykell · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:34

The pictures are from rense.com:

http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

Glad you all liked them

Fusion · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:34

Colin_da_Killer said:
What the hell? I've never heard of those bigger than the sun...

Betelgeuse and Rigel are stars in Orion, one of the most prominent constellations viewable in the northern hemisphere.

squiffy · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:38

I know the largest are suns are red giants, but imagine if Earth was Antares sized..imagine the amount of time involved to travel with modern transport :eek:

I guess in comparison it'll be as long as a snail takes to slither around Earth.

Do you have any higher quality pictures?

Freefaller · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:41

Clerkin said:
it made me think of the locker scene on Men in Black 2. how our perceptions of size are just... way off

Yeah. I've spent many nights looking up at the stars on our terrace in Cyprus with a small 130mm reflector telescope. It was strangely soothing I found...

DaveyD · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:47

It really really does get you thinking (well me anyway) about just how stupidly insignificant our little planet is. The earth could just be destroyed in a couple of seconds without us realising and you just wouldn't notice the change around anything that big, it's just so hard to realise how big those things, and how big our universe is, then trying to understand what it's all about. Meh, I'm waffling.

Red and White · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:51

DaveyD said:
It really really does get you thinking (well me anyway) about just how stupidly insignificant our little planet is. The earth could just be destroyed in a couple of seconds without us realising and you just wouldn't notice the change around anything that big, it's just so hard to realise how big those things, and how big our universe is, then trying to understand what it's all about. Meh, I'm waffling.

its a great topic for drunken conversation. everyone gets emotional

G-MAN2004 · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:52

Wow, thanks for sharing :eek:

You just can't imagine something that big (Antares).

Saved.

Sirrel Squirrel · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:54

The other strange thing is how our current technology allows us to travel around the whole of earth in around 24 hours, just seems a little convenient that the earth is the perfect size for air travel, so if our planet was the size of say Jupiter do you think our technology would be more advanced and allow us to travel even faster?

Fantom · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:54

Fusion said:
Betelgeuse and Rigel are stars in Orion, one of the most prominent constellations viewable in the northern hemisphere.

Now I may be being stupid here but can we see antares and is it the north star? :confused:

Gilly · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:56

Sirrel Squirrel said:
The other strange thing is how our current technology allows us to travel around the whole of earth in around 24 hours, just seems a little convenient that the earth is the perfect size for air travel, so if our planet was the size of say Jupiter do you think our technology would be more advanced and allow us to travel even faster?

:/

L337 LooX said:
Now I may be being stupid here but can we see antares and is it the north star?

Its one of the brightest in our sky, its not the north star though.

Freefaller said:
Yeah. I've spent many nights looking up at the stars on our terrace in Cyprus with a small 130mm reflector telescope. It was strangely soothing I found...

They've kinda ruined it with that big light on the corner.

Clarkey · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:57

squiffy said:
I know the largest are stars are red giants, but imagine if Earth was Antares sized..imagine the amount of time involved to travel with modern transport I guess in comparison it'll be as long as a snail takes to slither around Earth.

Do you have any higher quality pictures?

corrected

Red and White · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:57

who knows whats out there. there could be stuff 1000 times bigger than anything on there :eek:

fuz · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:58

In the winter months Betelgeuse is easily spotted near Orion's Belt, while Rigel is his foot. Sirius is the brightest star in our sky.

Fantom · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:58

Gilly said:
:/

Its one of the brightest in our sky, its not the north star though.

Amazing, its hard to imagine actually not being able to see it :eek:

Berserker · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:59

I think Carl Sagan expressed our situation very well

(Yes, this isn't the first time I've posted this)

phykell · 9 Jul 2006 at 21:01

To ruin things a little, although Antares is so huge it's mass is relatively low, estimated at around 15 solar masses.

Gilly · 9 Jul 2006 at 21:01

fuz said:
Sirius is the brightest star in our sky.

No it isn't