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Boobs McGee
03-21-2006, 12:39 PM
Makes you feel pretty insignficant in the grand scheme of things.

Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida has put up a very interesting page on their site. It begins as a view of the Milky Way Galaxy viewed from a distance of 10 million light years and then Zooms in towards Earth in powers of ten. 10 million, to one million, to 100,000 light years and then it finally reaches a large Oak tree. If ever there was a witness to creation, these folks have captured it for our viewing pleasure!

Once you click on the site, the software does all the work. Sit back and imagine how perfect our universe is! You can play it forward and backward to be amazed over and over. At the end it says AUTO....click on that and review the process in reverse!

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
Crushaholic
03-21-2006, 12:53 PM
Makes you feel pretty insignficant in the grand scheme of things.

Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida has put up a very interesting page on their site. It begins as a view of the Milky Way Galaxy viewed from a distance of 10 million light years and then Zooms in towards Earth in powers of ten. 10 million, to one million, to 100,000 light years and then it finally reaches a large Oak tree. If ever there was a witness to creation, these folks have captured it for our viewing pleasure!

Once you click on the site, the software does all the work. Sit back and imagine how perfect our universe is! You can play it forward and backward to be amazed over and over. At the end it says AUTO....click on that and review the process in reverse!

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html

That...was...AWESOME!

Nice find, Bronconia...:thumbsup:
Boobs McGee
03-21-2006, 12:57 PM
8')
TailgateNut
03-21-2006, 01:18 PM
All that, created in 6 days and a wake-up. Amazing, isn't it? Or is it unbelieveable?
I can already see the stones being thrown in my direction, but I could'nt help myself!
coachmastermind
03-21-2006, 01:37 PM
That's pretty awesome, I've seen some similar things... I guess I don't know if I feel insignifcant, or really significant... that the Creator of ALL that created and knows me... I guess I feel "Significantly Insignificant".
Boobs McGee
03-21-2006, 01:54 PM
it Definitely makes you think, at least....
yavoon
03-21-2006, 02:00 PM
disgusting, makes me wish we never ate the damned fruit.
BMF Bronco
03-21-2006, 02:00 PM
that is friggin cool!
Arkie
03-21-2006, 02:06 PM
The views of the electrons and quirks look similar to the views from 10 million light years away. It's like a cycle, and maybe our universe is just another molecule in a larger universe.
Rock Chalk
03-21-2006, 02:08 PM
Was this on the news or something/ Co-worker of mine was at this site earlier today.

This isnt new either, there were several sites up last year with exactly the same animation.

10 million ly away is really right next door in the grand scheme of things. Considering the farthest point is 1000 times farther than that.
broncobum6162
03-21-2006, 02:30 PM
We have an awesome creator, don't we! No stones from Indiana.


All that, created in 6 days and a wake-up. Amazing, isn't it? Or is it unbelieveable?
I can already see the stones being thrown in my direction, but I could'nt help myself!
epicSocialism4tw
03-21-2006, 02:48 PM
All that, created in 6 days and a wake-up. Amazing, isn't it? Or is it unbelieveable?
I can already see the stones being thrown in my direction, but I could'nt help myself!

You cast the stone. How can you be surprised when it is thrown back at you?
epicSocialism4tw
03-21-2006, 02:50 PM
Thanks for the link to the animation. Alec gave us another nice morsel of muse with the mathematical statement. The universe is massive. Or is it?
yavoon
03-21-2006, 02:52 PM
You cast the stone. How can you be surprised when it is thrown back at you?

maybe he was hoping ppl turned the other cheek
epicSocialism4tw
03-21-2006, 02:55 PM
maybe he was hoping ppl turned the other cheek

Sure buddy. Just go on imagining that your feeble brain has a handle on that massive universe.
yavoon
03-21-2006, 02:58 PM
Sure buddy. Just go on imagining that your feeble brain has a handle on that massive universe.

interesting reply.
epicSocialism4tw
03-21-2006, 03:02 PM
interesting reply.

You want to know what's interesting? The simple fact that you felt the need to post a self-rhetorical response.
yavoon
03-21-2006, 03:18 PM
You want to know what's interesting? The simple fact that you felt the need to post a self-rhetorical response.

self rhetorical eh?
Jason in LA
03-21-2006, 03:19 PM
There's no way we're all alone.
Boobs McGee
03-21-2006, 03:23 PM
Was this on the news or something/ Co-worker of mine was at this site earlier today.

This isnt new either, there were several sites up last year with exactly the same animation.

10 million ly away is really right next door in the grand scheme of things. Considering the farthest point is 1000 times farther than that.

I dunno if it was on the news or not, but I recieved it in an email last year (novemberish). I just happened to be cleaning out some emails and was like, hey, that's cool.

And you're absolutely right, 10 million ly really IS next door. The question is, is 1000 times farther away really the farthest point?

I really don't know what i"m talking about, but it's a cool animation
BroncoBuff
03-21-2006, 05:02 PM
That's very cool .... the first half reminds me of the first 3 minutes of the movie "Contact", where the camera leaves Earth and moves away, away, away, past the Moon, Mars, etc .... all the way outta the solar system ... and all the while the soundtrack plays clips of songs - going back in time as the camera recedes .... the 90s, 80's, 70s, 60's, 50's ....

Very cool.
TailgateNut
03-22-2006, 08:58 AM
You cast the stone. How can you be surprised when it is thrown back at you?


I didn't say it would surprise me, I actually SAW it coming. Just a short Hijacking of the initial thread to stir some Grey Matter!
Carry on!
ludo21
03-22-2006, 09:04 AM
Awesome!!!

Big Bang did all that?? Ha!
TailgateNut
03-22-2006, 09:16 AM
Awesome!!!

Big Bang did all that?? Ha!

LOL

Thread has been Re-hijacked! Looking at our tiny little world from afar just seems to raise those questions, doesn't it?
ludo21
03-22-2006, 09:20 AM
LOL

Thread has been Re-hijacked! Looking at our tiny little world from afar just seems to raise those questions, doesn't it?


Not really, i know where i came from, and who created us.

But for people who dont believe, it certainly does make you think about such questions. (or at least it should)
Archie
03-22-2006, 09:24 AM
Very cool indeed... Thanks for sharing!

Makes you feel pretty insignficant in the grand scheme of things.

Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida has put up a very interesting page on their site. It begins as a view of the Milky Way Galaxy viewed from a distance of 10 million light years and then Zooms in towards Earth in powers of ten. 10 million, to one million, to 100,000 light years and then it finally reaches a large Oak tree. If ever there was a witness to creation, these folks have captured it for our viewing pleasure!

Once you click on the site, the software does all the work. Sit back and imagine how perfect our universe is! You can play it forward and backward to be amazed over and over. At the end it says AUTO....click on that and review the process in reverse!

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
broncosteven
03-22-2006, 09:27 AM
Great, something else to make my penis look even smaller.
Rock Chalk
03-22-2006, 09:38 AM
I dunno if it was on the news or not, but I recieved it in an email last year (novemberish). I just happened to be cleaning out some emails and was like, hey, that's cool.

And you're absolutely right, 10 million ly really IS next door. The question is, is 1000 times farther away really the farthest point?

I really don't know what i"m talking about, but it's a cool animation

Probably not.

Before Lowell discovered that "quasars" were in distant galaxies, we thought our galaxy was the whole universe.

We just can only see about 14 billion ly away because we assume that the universe began around 14 billion years ago.

Realistically though there is no reason to think the universe is finite, that there is some end to it. You can reach the end of the universe that contains matter I believe but I suspect you could just keep continuing on forever in the empty void beyond the matter filled universe.

No one knows.
yavoon
03-22-2006, 11:46 AM
Probably not.

Before Lowell discovered that "quasars" were in distant galaxies, we thought our galaxy was the whole universe.

We just can only see about 14 billion ly away because we assume that the universe began around 14 billion years ago.

Realistically though there is no reason to think the universe is finite, that there is some end to it. You can reach the end of the universe that contains matter I believe but I suspect you could just keep continuing on forever in the empty void beyond the matter filled universe.

No one knows.

Most modern theories have space being finite. the big bang was not an explosion of something very small inside a very large empty space. it was an explosion of space itself.