The Scale of the Universe
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Do you ever freak out about the scale of time and space? Me too!
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From the very large to the very small, the universe is an amazing place. Here's my favorite ways to explore its scale. Explore them yourself:
Scale of the Universe 2 - http://htwins.net/scale2/
Powers of Ten - Charles and Ray Eames http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0
Here is Today - http://hereistoday.com/
Deep Time clock - http://deeptime.info/
More on "yugen" - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-aesthetics/#5
Created by Joe Hanson
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