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Unbelievable Pictures Showing How Small Earth Really Is!

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By compu-smart


It really is a small world we live on!

If you’ve ever had trouble grasping the true sizes involved in astronomy and the size of earth compared to other planets and stars, as you will see here. The scales involved are mind boggleing. You just won’t believe how huge and mind blowingly big they are

They say the universe contained “billions and billions of stars” and that we are the only "intelligent" life in the universe.....Its hard to beleive that we could possibly be alone in this universe..The new Google Earth's has some excellent views of space!! See your house from Space too!

The following pictures are one of the best visual pictures that I have ever seen, that shows pretty clearly just how insignificant earth actually is.

Prepare to feel really small..!!

Here are the inner planets, the small rocky bodies cloe to the sun and Earth looks pretty big here. Our  neighbour is almost our size, but we are the biggest of the bunch.
Here are the inner planets, the small rocky bodies cloe to the sun and Earth looks pretty big here. Our neighbour is almost our size, but we are the biggest of the bunch.
As we travel farther out, we encounter gas giants, huge balls of gas that are make our inner planets seem so small in comparison.Even Pluto is barely visible here.
As we travel farther out, we encounter gas giants, huge balls of gas that are make our inner planets seem so small in comparison.Even Pluto is barely visible here.
 Arcturus is one of the brightest stars in the sky, and you can see that size is one reason why in comparison to our sun. Notice that Earth isnât even visible at this scale, and Jupiter, the giant among planets in our system, is just a single pixel o
Arcturus is one of the brightest stars in the sky, and you can see that size is one reason why in comparison to our sun. Notice that Earth isn’t even visible at this scale, and Jupiter, the giant among planets in our system, is just a single pixel o
At the centre of our system is a burning âgas giantâ that completely dwarfs even the biggest planet, Jupiter. Earth is barely visible At this scale, and Pluto is little more than a pixel on the image. The diameter comparison between the earth and the
At the centre of our system is a burning ‘gas giant’ that completely dwarfs even the biggest planet, Jupiter. Earth is barely visible At this scale, and Pluto is little more than a pixel on the image. The diameter comparison between the earth and the
But even Arcturus is dwarfed by the super-giants, massive red stars that would swallow huge chunk of our solar system. Antares and Betelgeuse, if they were placed at our Sunâs location, would easily envelope Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars ⦠Antaresâ
But even Arcturus is dwarfed by the super-giants, massive red stars that would swallow huge chunk of our solar system. Antares and Betelgeuse, if they were placed at our Sun’s location, would easily envelope Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars … Antares’

So..... are you feeling insignificant now?

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Jewels  says:
2 years ago

I've seen these before, fantastic aren't they. Did you know that if you keep gazing at Arcturus it is supposed to help with depression. Strangely, if you do look at it, it does feel nice!

In Australia Venus and Jupiter are particularly bright at the moment, early evening is great to see Venus - she is so amazing at the moment.

Thanks for your hub.

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compu-smart  says:
2 years ago

Hey Jewels, thanks for passing by and leaving a comment and thanks for that great tip regarding Acturus and depression , I think im going to have to print Acturus, and enlarge it and put it up on every wall in my house if thats the case lol..

Jewels profile image

Jewels  says:
2 years ago

Depression sure does suck. Keep moving your butt, I do and it helps. LOL.

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compu-smart  says:
2 years ago

It sounds like you know me well, Jewels, with the "moving my butt"! lol...

Thanks for the Good advice:)

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thecounterpunch  says:
2 years ago

Great pictures good job :)

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nashomega  says:
2 years ago

this is Fantastic... We are just another dot in space! That is true!

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compu-smart  says:
2 years ago

thecounterpunch..ty

nashomega...When i see pictures like these it reinforces my belief that there must be life elsewhere else in this gigantic universe!!

Sreeman  says:
18 months ago

it really satisfied my hungry on unbelievable pictures

Eric G.  says:
17 months ago

very cool. I give you a 10 for entertainment. Even my room mate was impressed with your earth size pictures. thanks

carlyle  says:
15 months ago

"it really satisfied my hungry on unbelievable pictures"

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Asghar Ali Soomro  says:
12 months ago

Its really amazing and remind us about the creater of this universe. Who is one and only that is Almighty ALLAH.

abhishek(nepal)  says:
12 months ago

wow!! it's really unbelievable and amazing images i am really happy to seeing it. it's very nice

thnx

Ashley Eklund  says:
12 months ago

Does anyone know the original source of these images?

Abbas  says:
12 months ago

lovely ... so do I exist? ... goes to show that nothing could happen merely by "chance" ... all creation has to be guided. The complexity of even a human that is infinitely tiny on the shown scale has even tinier stuff that helps in survival of species. God's creation is awesome! ... Still scary ... I still am unsure if I exist!! (not literally) ... and if there is some creature on some big planet, they would be monsters ... it's a good thing they have not been discovered yet!! we would be like dust in their toenails!! :(

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compu-smart  says:
12 months ago

lol Too true! too true Abbas!

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Shirley Anderson  says:
12 months ago

Wow, we're not the big shot earthlings I thought we were! It's humbling to realize we're so tiny. Beauty pics, CS!

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compu-smart  says:
12 months ago

Shirley, and potentially very scary Shirley as Abbas mentioned!! i will not be able to sleep now!! lol

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Shirley Anderson  says:
12 months ago

Don't worry, CS, the kittys will protect you! Well, as much as anyone can...does that help? :)

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compu-smart  says:
12 months ago

NOPE!! :D

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Shirley Anderson  says:
12 months ago

:)

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Kulsum Mehmood  says:
12 months ago

Makes me feel so small and insignificant. For all egoists this hub is a great ego-buster. Good photographs compu-smart

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compu-smart  says:
12 months ago

Oh yeah Kuisum and then some;)

Each and everytime i come back to this page, i still cannot grasp the huge scale of these objects that are just floating around and around!! it really baffles me!

alisha  says:
12 months ago

Great picture!!!!!!!!!! hoping for many more too

Abbas  says:
12 months ago

I dont think this stuff is too too bad anymore ... well so long as we dont discover giant humans on other planets (like Antares) that have also discovered in their lives that their planet is as puny as our earth is in these pictures lol ...

that would be just sad ... and that i think is an understatement!! lol

and hey u can sleep peacefully so long as we can be sure that we are not just some chemical elements for giants on other planets (like we "earthlings" use atoms/molecules for science experiments lol) ... hmm, what particle would we be? alpha is taken lol!!

also, can i copy these images compu-smart?

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compu-smart  says:
12 months ago

Abbas, lol, I feel much better now after your comment! and yes sure u can!:)

Thanks for passing by!:)

Abbas  says:
12 months ago

Thank you for the permission.

... and glad to hear u feel better now compu-smart. Something had to be done after u lost ur sleep because of my comments a little while back (about 2 weeks ago) lol!

Sweet Dreams ... Have fun.

Sincerely,

A Student of Life.

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compu-smart  says:
12 months ago

Abbas, you are too kind! really!

kind regards

comp;)

happy holidays 2u:)

passin'by  says:
11 months ago

Good infomations

kush singh  says:
4 months ago

...........really Unbelieveable and Incredable .

Claire  says:
2 months ago

Good pictures. They are pretty cool.

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Jmobia  says:
2 months ago

How unlucky for me!

I just built a hub around some images I found on the internet a long time ago. The images are almost exactly like yours except yours are 3d and mine aren't.

Check it out if you want!

http://hubpages.com/hub/Space-is-huge

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