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  • 5.points
    Provy
    • Jan 2008
    • 671

    #16
    Re: Scale of the universe

    Pretty cool, I did not know a Plank length was that small. (1,000,000,000,000,000,000 x smaller that a quark?)

    I'm surprised it didn't say "The Game" once you reach the smallest object. lol
    Last edited by 5.points; 12-18-2010, 11:13 PM.

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    • DotKritic
      Forum User
      • Jun 2009
      • 2974

      #17
      Re: Scale of the universe

      I remember seeing that a while back. Pretty cool ****.

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      • TheSaxRunner05
        The Doctor
        • Apr 2006
        • 6144

        #18
        Re: Scale of the universe

        Nice chart, I saw something like that at the St. Louis Science Center once


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        • G.S.M
          is watching
          • Mar 2006
          • 1072

          #19
          Re: Scale of the universe

          very cool
          "Someone once said, 'Don't try to be a great man, just be a man, and let history make its own judgments'."

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          • adlp
            FFR Veteran
            • Jul 2006
            • 1757

            #20
            Re: Scale of the universe

            i love this kind of stuff

            foil has some awesome things like these to show as well

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            • awein999
              (ಠ⌣ಠ)
              • Oct 2007
              • 4647

              #21
              Re: Scale of the universe

              I've seen videos of the scale of the universe similar to this. I found this very cool.
              Originally posted by Staiain
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              • Reach
                FFR Simfile Author
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Jun 2003
                • 7471

                #22
                Re: Scale of the universe



                A cool scene from the start of Contact (movie) related to the original post here.

                Another cool video of magnification; http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4m...o-a-tooth_tech

                starts relatively boring but it's interesting to see things completely invisible to us at those magnifications.
                Last edited by Reach; 12-19-2010, 11:13 AM.

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                • Reincarnate
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 6332

                  #23
                  Re: Scale of the universe

                  Originally posted by Reach
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNAUR7NQCLA

                  A cool scene from the start of Contact (movie) related to the original post here.

                  Another cool video of magnification; http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4m...o-a-tooth_tech

                  starts relatively boring but it's interesting to see things completely invisible to us at those magnifications.
                  I always loved that scene from Contact even though the radio-signal stuff is inaccurate (the really early radio signals are lightyears away, but based on the "speed of zoom-out" in that scene, the sound of those early signals would zip by pretty quickly so it's negligible as far as the movie's concerned)


                  Astronomy is one of the coolest subjects ever.


                  I have no idea how someone could ever look at pictures like these and not be utterly amazed. To think that everything comes from these swirling masses of gas and elements is mind-blowing, especially when you consider just how large the universe is. It's overwhelming @_@ It's even crazier when you consider just how blind we are as humans, unable to see most of the electromagnetic spectrum. The thought that this stuff is hiding past our blue sky makes me anxious.
                  Last edited by Reincarnate; 12-21-2010, 01:22 PM.

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                  • Reincarnate
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 6332

                    #24
                    Re: Scale of the universe

                    If an atom were blown up to the size of a stadium, a pinhead would be the nucleus. I'm sure we've all heard that analogy.

                    But, now blow up that atom to the size of the known universe -- a Planck length would be a typical tree on our planet.

                    Size of known universe: 10^26 meters magnitude
                    Size of tree: 10^1 meters magnitude
                    Size of Planck length: 10^-35 meters magnitude
                    Size of atomic diameter: 10^-10 meters magnitude

                    Compare magnitudes:
                    26-1 = 25
                    -10-(-35) = 25
                    Last edited by Reincarnate; 12-21-2010, 01:56 PM.

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                    • foilman8805
                      smoke wheat hail satin
                      FFR Simfile Author
                      • Sep 2006
                      • 5704

                      #25
                      Re: Scale of the universe

                      Amazing Videos, Funny Clips. Updated daily.

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                      • Reincarnate
                        x'); DROP TABLE FFR;--
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 6332

                        #26
                        Re: Scale of the universe

                        Ahhhh seeing that Big-Bang WMAP picture in that video gave me chills

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                        • Cenright
                          You thought I was a GUY?!
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 3139

                          #27
                          Re: Scale of the universe

                          That was truly enjoyable. I am happy someone made it into a scale. I have seen less comprehensive ones, that focus on specific things, but this is head and shoulders above that.
                          http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...Cube_in_55.mpg

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                          • Reincarnate
                            x'); DROP TABLE FFR;--
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 6332

                            #28
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                            • 5.points
                              Provy
                              • Jan 2008
                              • 671

                              #29
                              Re: Scale of the universe

                              Originally posted by Reincarnate
                              I saw something like that when I went up to Northern Michigan a couple years ago. It's amazing how much more you can see once you get away from city lights.

                              It's practically impossible to think of how there are BILLIONS of galaxy's that are so big it's difficult to see across them, that contain the hundreds of billions of stars, that some contain solar systems like ours, and that's just the observable universe.

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                              • foilman8805
                                smoke wheat hail satin
                                FFR Simfile Author
                                • Sep 2006
                                • 5704

                                #30
                                Re: Scale of the universe

                                Originally posted by 5.points
                                It's practically impossible to think of how there are BILLIONS of galaxy's that are so big it's difficult to see across them, that contain the hundreds of billions of stars, that some contain solar systems like ours, and that's just the observable universe.
                                Let this video think for you then:

                                Amazing Videos, Funny Clips. Updated daily.

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