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vee-kayyesterday at 4:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

This old video is a beautiful and astounding demonstration of just how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big the Universe is, and where in all this endless space our dear favourite little Pale Blue Dot (Earth) resides:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X-3Oq_82XNA

We all Earthlings are extremely lucky to be alive and thriving (or trying to) in such a beautiful bountiful rarest-of-rare ecosystem that somehow survived and thrived despite all the vagaries and vastness of spacetime.


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chistevyesterday at 6:55 PM

WHAT!

I've read a ton about immense distances and time, but still get wowed when I read analogies or see visualizations like this.

Crazy stuff, man.

https://youtu.be/rWp5ZpJAIAE?si=UKIfhAlrz0IcXAZa

dtgriscomyesterday at 7:08 PM

The classic, from 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

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