If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel - A tediously accurate map of the solar system Mercury Venus Earth You Are Here Moon Mars Jupiter Io Europa Ganymede Callisto Saturn Titan Uranus Neptune Pluto(we still love you) That was about 10 million km (6,213,710 mi) just now. Pretty empty out here. Here comes our first planet... As it turns out, things are pretty far apart. We’ll be coming up on a new planet soon. Most of space is just space. Halfway home. Destination: Mars! It would take about seven months to travel this distance in a spaceship. Sit back and relax. When are we gonna be there? Seriously. This is where we might at least see some asteroids to wake us up. I spy, with my little eye... something black. If you were on a road trip, driving at 75mi/hr, it would have taken you over 500 years to get here from earth. All these distances are just averages, mind you. If you plan it right, you can actually move relatively quickly between planets. Pretty close to Jupiter now. Sorry. Lots of time to think out here... Pop the champagne! We're always trying to come up with metaphors for big numbers.
The Sámi form Finland’s first nation - thisisFINLAND: Life & society: Society By Andy Kruse, October 2012 Photo: Marja Vuorelainen/Encyclopaedia of Sámi Culture A Sámi child in traditional clothing practices reindeer roping skills on a set of antlers. Where does the story of the Sámi, Finland’s indigenous people, begin? With the ice gone, the sun warmed the ground and plants began to grow. Photo: Maantieteen Retkikunta/Encyclopaedia of Sámi Culture Sámi men pause from their work to pose for a photograph that has since become part of history. The first evidence of human presence in Finland comes from the southeast and dates to around 10,500 years ago. Existence was tough in the arctic climate, but these early humans adapted well to their environment. Inland, they hunted reindeer, moose, bear, rabbit, beaver and fowl. Reindeer flow Photo: Kaisa Siren/Lehtikuva Locals in northern Finland gather as a herd of reindeer is corralled. The indigenous people of Finland, now called the Sámi, descended from those early inhabitants. Encountering challenges Language and land Links