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IronDioPriest
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April 18, 2011, 07:59:55 PM »
Take five minutes to look at this. There are a million "we're so small and the universe is so big" powerpoint type things floating around that we've all seen. But this is a unique interactive presentation that demonstrates the vastness of the universe both large and small (plus the music is soothingly tranquil). Start by dragging the timeline bar all the way to the left. Then use your right arrow to move from the tiniest known particles in our universe, up to the edge of the known universe.
http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/
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"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."
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Mt. Vernon painting by Francis Jukes
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April 18, 2011, 08:36:29 PM »
Cool.
My Lefty friends would look at that and say see we're not that significant. I look at that and think all that created vastness -- wow! And out of all of that He died for us.
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April 19, 2011, 06:48:56 AM »
Heh, neat. It's kind of fun to move it a little faster once you've examined it in detail!
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We are now where The Founders were when they faced despotism.
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I like to think when I drink water I drink Mickey Mouse heads.
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April 19, 2011, 10:26:37 PM »
Here's a similar one I found awhile back. It's focused on biology, and goes from a coffee bean down to a carbon atom. It's only a small subset of the other scale, but it has better graphics.
Cell Size and Scale
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We are so far past and beyond the “long train of abuses and usurpations” that the Colonists and Founders experienced and which necessitated the Revolutionary War that they aren’t even visible in the rear-view mirror.
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