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Cuterebra
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31 May 2010, 9:58 pm

And very, very small.

http://i.imgur.com/frLHu.jpg

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31 May 2010, 10:02 pm

I feel very, very small.

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31 May 2010, 10:58 pm

I had no idea the sun was that big. I always pictured it being the same size as the Earth.

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31 May 2010, 11:54 pm

it's a big universe out there, and our universe big as it is, is just one of an infinite number of other universes under a grand metaverse or "great mother of all universes."

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01 Jun 2010, 12:07 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnFMrNdj1yY&feature=related[/youtube]

ah here's more perspective

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01 Jun 2010, 2:13 am

this thumpin, bumpin' world still needs the likes of carl. he left us way too soon.

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01 Jun 2010, 7:13 am

auntblabby wrote:

it's a big universe out there, and our universe big as it is, is just one of an infinite number of other universes under a grand metaverse or "great mother of all universes."

Just thinking about it gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

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01 Jun 2010, 7:26 am

Brought a tear to the eye, thanks for this. Dr Sagan is one of my heroes.

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01 Jun 2010, 11:02 am

HOLY SMOKES, we are so puny, we don't stand a chance. :lol:

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01 Jun 2010, 11:06 am

But most of the galaxies you can see from that distance will be dead by now, due to the fact the "new" light wouldn't have reached us yet so it still looks living from the Hubble Telescope.

Still, that really does put things into perspective.

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01 Jun 2010, 1:15 pm

On a universal scale, we're something over medium sized. :wink:

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02 Jun 2010, 1:11 am

Asp-Z wrote:

But most of the galaxies you can see from that distance will be dead by now, due to the fact the "new" light wouldn't have reached us yet so it still looks living from the Hubble Telescope. Still, that really does put things into perspective.

that is such a mindblowing point. our universe is so immense that just about everything we see outside of our own galactic group is dying or dead and gone already, and we are just seeing their legacy lightbeams. it is all a grand illusion. we are so far apart from anybody else out there, other civilizations might as well be in totally different universes altogether. sigh.
but stephen hawking says we should be thankful that the others are indeed so far away because we are less likely then, to be taken advantage-of by them mean ol' ETs. myself, i prefer this more optimistic cosmic vision-
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKWYooRaG4[/youtube]

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