The only way I have ever been able to get a handle on the sizes of things in the Universe (from a quark to super clusters and the dark matter web) and the scale of it, is through good visuals. Words just don't hack it ! So here are a couple of video presentations and a great click and play by Nikon to give just a taste of just how small and insignificant we really are.
How big are you ?
A YouTube presentation to show our Sun's no big woop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=YL4cFjmnQT8&feature=rela t ed
Infinity Zoom
A YouTube presentation to show our place in the grand scheme of things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=LVLRDBFyrTk&annotation_i d =annotation_745253&featur e =iv
Universcale
A click presentation by Nikon that you can play around with by clicking on the size scale at the bottom and thestuff shown.
http://www.nikon.com/about/fee
lnikon/universcale/index_f.ht m
BTW this ones not safe for work if you actually want to get any done, it kept me amused for way too long.
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