Halcyon Maps | Timeline of the Universe. WebGL Globe.
Solar System Scope. Solar System Visualizer. All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in. Stars & Planets Scale Comparison. A Humbling Perspective"Things are not what they seem, nor are they otherwise. " This scale comparison shows "the true place" of Earth and our Sun among the various giants of the universe. It is simultaneously sobering and mind-boggling experience.First series of images opens with the Death Star compared to Mimas, one of Saturn's moons. Note the similarities between the two :) Earth is small enough to be swallowed by an average sunspot:(picture credt) Second series of images (from this site) shows the similar progression, now in 3-D: "The Universe is a big place populated by stars and thoroughly confused humans.
" -- Avi Abrams "We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it" -- Barry Lopez (American writer, b.1945) "The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. "The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love. " -- Victor Hugo (source Ochevidec)Permanent Link... Photopic Sky Survey.