How big is the Earth?

[knapplc]

Check out these relative sizes:



Compared to:


(we're the one in front on the left)

And then this one:


(we're in the front row, fifth from the left)

That's how big the Earth is in comparison to our neighbors.

Kinda makes you realize how tiny our planet really is, huh?

[moonhead]

i like this stuff. makes me think how insignificant day to day actions really are.

[SniperShot]

yeah makes me not really care if letters are capitalized or not. whats it really matter anyway...

[CC]

The Earth is this big:

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(not to scale)

[moonhead]

yeah makes me not really care if letters are capitalized or not. whats it really matter anyway...

seriously. who has the time to hit that shift button anyway?

[jayday]

Ah, Mercury must be so hot

[knapplc]

yeah makes me not really care if letters are capitalized or not. whats it really matter anyway...

seriously. who has the time to hit that shift button anyway?

Hitting the shift key makes letters bigger. With the Earth being as small as it is, every little bit helps.

[moonhead]

yeah makes me not really care if letters are capitalized or not. whats it really matter anyway...

seriously. who has the time to hit that shift button anyway?

Hitting the shift key makes letters bigger. With the Earth being as small as it is, every little bit helps.

damn. i should hit that shift button more ofen!

[Omaha Red Sox]

We have those same pictures saved on our computer. Pretty cool to actually 'see' how enormous other parts of the galaxy is and how tiny we are compared to it all.

[Dolfin99]

Pretty cool Knapp. I have never seen the sizes displayed in that way.