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If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel - A tediously accurate map of the solar system (joshworth.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org to c/space@beehaw.org

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“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.” ― Douglas Adams

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[–] Los@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” - Douglas Adams

[–] asclepias@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

My 10 year old just did a science fair project on how big space is, so he's going to love this version.

[–] Tastyzero@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

The scale of the solar system, just wow.

[–] LherkinGherkin@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for posting that, have just spent way too long scrolling to the end before I noticed the shortcuts. Crazy how big space is, puts our place in the universe into sharp perspective!

[–] CDN@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

If you like this website, you'd probably enjoy Scale of the Universe too.

[–] metaltoilet@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

That was awesome!