Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Think You're All That?

A friend of mine emailed me the following images. You can click on them for a larger view.

Here are the Solar System's smaller planets:



Here's how they compare to the Solar System's gas giants:



Still tiny, compared to the Sun:



But the Sun isn't a large star:



In fact, it's kinda tiny:



A Hubble Telescope ultra deep-field infrared view of countless entire galaxies, billions of light-years away:



A close-up of one of the darkest regions of the photo above:




Keep things in perspective.

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