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December 19, 2016 12:02 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/YBqqgF5m3E0/visualizing-the-vast-distances.html
Visualizing the vast distances of space with a 1-pixel moon in a side-scrolling solar-system
If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel tries to convey the vastness of space by inviting you to side-scroll through our Solar System with (you guessed it) the scale of 1 pixel to the diameter of the moon. These scale comparisons always manage to temporarily invoke something in me that approaches intuitive understanding, but before long, I can feel it fading and being replaced with the nonsensical science fictional conceit of solar systems as being something tractable. (via Making Light)
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