Want to feel really tiny?

[Stantz]

Astrophotographer Axel Mellinger of Central Michigan University has created a new panoramic image of the Milky Way galaxy. You may have seen version 1.0 of Mellinger’s panorama

Version 2.0 is an order of magnitude more detailed. It was assembled from more than 3,000 individual images of 70 star fields taken with a special large format CCD camera in South Africa, Texas and Michigan. And there’s a very cool zoomable Mercator projection, that really gives a sense of the incredible vastness of our tiny little corner of the universe

if you ever need to feel a bit small - this helps

check it out the picture is just AMAZING

Here it is :http://141.209.165.197/~axel/mwpan2/

you can zoom in, pan, get into really tiny details
It's just breathtaking

[Dragon1963]

Cool! Although I thought I saw Al Gore's ego as well. ;)

[JenyEliza]

Considering I sometimes feel quite invisible on this planet, I don't think I'm *ever* going to feel the need to "feel really tiny". ;) :))

However, I do think this might be really interesting from a different perspective (ie, how 'bout "see how small planet Earth is in comparison to the galaxies"). Less personalization about that, might make me feel better. ;) :)) :doh:

Thanks for the interesting post..... :mrgreen:

[Stantz]

Considering I sometimes feel quite invisible on this planet, I don't think I'm *ever* going to feel the need to "feel really tiny". ;) :))

However, I do think this might be really interesting from a different perspective (ie, how 'bout "see how small planet Earth is in comparison to the galaxies"). Less personalization about that, might make me feel better. ;) :)) :doh:

Thanks for the interesting post..... :mrgreen:

Sorta reminds me of this awesome song -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk

[Hoobeedoo Bejesus]

Now you can feel huge...

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

[Stantz]

Now you can feel huge...

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

awesome !

[natalie addict]

Astrophotographer Axel Mellinger of Central Michigan University has created a new panoramic image of the Milky Way galaxy. You may have seen version 1.0 of Mellinger’s panorama

Version 2.0 is an order of magnitude more detailed. It was assembled from more than 3,000 individual images of 70 star fields taken with a special large format CCD camera in South Africa, Texas and Michigan. And there’s a very cool zoomable Mercator projection, that really gives a sense of the incredible vastness of our tiny little corner of the universe

if you ever need to feel a bit small - this helps

check it out the picture is just AMAZING

Here it is :http://141.209.165.197/~axel/mwpan2/

you can zoom in, pan, get into really tiny details
It's just breathtaking

ya well, i'm been thru the Total Perspective Vortex, and all i can say is, "Hey Baby, I'M STILL ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX! Psssst, got anymore fairy cake?".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Perspective_Vortex#Total_Perspective_Vortex

[Getty Girl]

Cool! Although I thought I saw Al Gore's ego as well. ;)

:)):mrgreen:

[CHUG]

Considering I sometimes feel quite invisible on this planet, I don't think I'm *ever* going to feel the need to "feel really tiny". ;) :))

However, I do think this might be really interesting from a different perspective (ie, how 'bout "see how small planet Earth is in comparison to the galaxies"). Less personalization about that, might make me feel better. ;) :)) :doh:

Thanks for the interesting post..... :mrgreen:

This compares the Earth to some of the stars in our galaxy, the scale is of course much smaller but you might find it easier to take in;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlTdZr2paIw&feature=related

[Asfc1967]

Cool! Although I thought I saw Al Gore's ego as well. ;)


What does this have to do with politics??

Oh and if you were trying... not very funny.

[EnchantedFrog]

Carl Sagan once said that if you took a picture of our galaxy, then enlarged it to the size of North America, then our Sun would appear as about the size of a grain of sand.

And, if that doesn't make you feel insignificant enough, consider that you could fit millions of Earths inside the Sun.

[Clamp]

Astrophotographer Axel Mellinger of Central Michigan University has created a new panoramic image of the Milky Way galaxy. You may have seen version 1.0 of Mellinger’s panorama

Version 2.0 is an order of magnitude more detailed. It was assembled from more than 3,000 individual images of 70 star fields taken with a special large format CCD camera in South Africa, Texas and Michigan. And there’s a very cool zoomable Mercator projection, that really gives a sense of the incredible vastness of our tiny little corner of the universe

if you ever need to feel a bit small - this helps

check it out the picture is just AMAZING

Here it is :http://141.209.165.197/~axel/mwpan2/ (http://141.209.165.197/%7Eaxel/mwpan2/)

you can zoom in, pan, get into really tiny details
It's just breathtaking

I think I can see my house from here...

[sgdp]

I feel tiny whenever I stand next to my brother. It's not fair! Why'd he get all the height? :( I could have been a model if he spared me a few inches.

[S.E.]

Here is a great film called Indescribable. This will show just how tiny we really are. It's a must see. There are 5 parts each around 9 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKtSKbWZUI&feature=related

[HeyJude]

Astrophotographer Axel Mellinger of Central Michigan University has created a new panoramic image of the Milky Way galaxy. You may have seen version 1.0 of Mellinger’s panorama

Version 2.0 is an order of magnitude more detailed. It was assembled from more than 3,000 individual images of 70 star fields taken with a special large format CCD camera in South Africa, Texas and Michigan. And there’s a very cool zoomable Mercator projection, that really gives a sense of the incredible vastness of our tiny little corner of the universe

if you ever need to feel a bit small - this helps

check it out the picture is just AMAZING

Here it is :http://141.209.165.197/~axel/mwpan2/

you can zoom in, pan, get into really tiny details
It's just breathtaking

I can't get the link to load.:cry: I've tried a couple times today.