Susano Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Take a journey billions of light years away and back home again. The American Museum of Natural History has this video called The Known Universe that starts near snowy Mt. Everest and, like Powers of Ten, pulls out and away from Earth to the rest of what we know is out there. The structure of The Known Universe is based on precise, scientifically-accurate observations and research. The Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History maintains the Digital Universe Atlas, the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: The Known Universe (animation) And here is Powers of 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTwvkGjsNEY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Ciaramella Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: The Known Universe (animation) Amazing... in the sheer scale of existance, we are almost non-existant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: The Known Universe (animation) Amazing... in the sheer scale of existance' date=' we are almost non-existant.[/quote'] Yes, it is time to insert the obligatory quote from the HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy about how incredibly large space is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Ciaramella Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: The Known Universe (animation) Yes' date=' it is time to insert the obligatory quote from the HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy about how incredibly large space is.[/quote'] Wasn't meant as a Hitchhicker's Guide quote... that truly put things into proportion for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: The Known Universe (animation) Wasn't meant as a Hitchhicker's Guide quote... that truly put things into proportion for me. Actually, it gave me more of a sense of time. Most of what was depicted is only known to us as it existed thousands to millions of years ago. We have no clue what those things look like today; only educated guesses based on the most commonly accepted assumptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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