Perspective

[RobinB]

Read what I believe is the most fascernating book ever - "A short history of just about everything". Starts off with the creation of our universe and coming out of this is an illustrated version of just how "small" we are. Check this out.







I certainly thought this was enlightening. Beyond our sun. It's a big universe.



Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky. It is more than 1000 light years away. Now how big are you?!



Now TRY to wrap your mind around this.........

This is a Hubble Telescope Ultra Deep Field Infrared View of countless
"ENTIRE" Galaxies Billions of Light-Years Away.



Below is a close up of one of the darkest regions of the photo above.



Humbling, isn't it? Now How Big Are You? And how big are the things that upset you today?

Keep life in perspective and don't sweat the small stuff!

[z740]

WOW!! i've never felt so small it's really amazing just how big our universe really is! thanks for the mini science lesson

-Chris

[MaxPower]

The picture where it includes Antares as the biggest of them all, and where it says "Jupiter is invisible" . Im just like.. Wauuuww.. Amazing yet unbelievable. Thank you- Rob

[Alex - Spot-This !]

very nice and impressive yes. Thank you for showing... and then people say I am small... well...

[exmanx]

It's all lies!! Just a CIA/MI5/KGB conspiracy theory!

Andy

[LX-A343]

YEAH! EXACTLY!! It's like those morons telling that a long sardine can on fire actually landed on the moon!!

Andy, watch the chemtrails!!

[AlejP]

Very interesting, thanks for posting Rob, I'll certainly show this thread to many friends... We're just nothing !

and then people say I am small... well...

[RobinB]

Hellishly interesting and then on the opposite end of the scale are sub-atomic particles and living organisms such as bacteria and single cell microbes, can one imagine how "small" they should feel against the size of our universe - talk about opposite extremes. If you have the opportunity to read the book, (it's wonderfully illustrated as well) - do so, I certainly enjoyed it.....

[ptbodale]

Great lesson. Thanks Robin