Fweethawt Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Here is an animation showing the slow crawl of light traveling from the Sun to the Earth. Sure, 186,000 miles per second sounds fast, doesn't it? Ha-ha! http://i.imgur.com/ginPaqP.gifv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantheory Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Here is an animation showing the slow crawl of light traveling from the Sun to the Earth. Sure, 186,000 miles per second sounds fast, doesn't it? Ha-ha! http://i.imgur.com/ginPaqP.gifv Yes, and interesting perspective. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythra Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Interesting. Shows you how far away the sun actually is if light takes that long to reach us. I wonder how big the planets and the sun would have been if they were to scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythra Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 made me curious. So I found out that 1.3 million earths could fit inside the sun. So if that animation were to scale, I think earth would be too small to even see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjn Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 made me curious. So I found out that 1.3 million earths could fit inside the sun. So if that animation were to scale, I think earth would be too small to even see it. Yes, Earth would be nary a pixel on even a big picture of the Sun. What's even crazier is, that's also true for the Sun when compared to bigger stars: And imagine this: our Solar system, compared to the known universe, is like a single cell in relation to our bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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