The Known Universe

[Uncle Joe]

[yuiyoshida]

1. All it needed was a

Star ship...

[Uncle Joe]

4. Thanks for the video, yuiyoshida.

[yuiyoshida]

5. Yeah your video was excellent

Reminded me of Carl Sagen and His show, Cosmos....

[Uncle Joe]

8. That's a beautiful video, I loved Carl Sagan, this is one of my favorites of his.

[yuiyoshida]

9. Excellent

[Uncle Joe]

10. I'm happy you enjoyed it.

Peace to you, yuiyoshida.

[Kennah]

12. You're going to need a Tachyon Field

[AngryDem001]

18. And it needs a space station too!

[yuiyoshida]

19. Gotta start from some where....

[DhhD]

2. This means, to me, that I am the center of my Universe as it is my perception viewpoint. And

that spacetime is on the edge, as far as opposite could be.

Loved the thought provoking sensation the video referenced.

[Uncle Joe]

6. I hear you, DhhD, it's amazing how our perception

can be so distorted from reality.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. I like that "Extent of humanity's first radio signals"....

It gives you an idea of the scale of the galaxy which is 3000 light years thick where we are at. The first radio signals have only traveled about a 30th of that distance.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Yes, we're using smoke signals and have just barely

learned how to hollow out a canoe in the big scheme of things.

[Moostache]

11. Canoe? You give us too much credit...

As a species its much more akin to having learned only how to fall in an not drown! In terms of consequential space travel, we can't even swim yet, let alone build a canoe!

These videos are amazing and really put the precious and rare nature of life into perspective...wars and politics and religions are DWARFED by the sheer scale of size...Stephen King very aptly described this in his Dark Tower Volume One: The Gunslinger. I forget the exact passage, but paraphrasing from memory the gist of it was that size is the true mystery of the universe and to truly grasp the distances and enormity of the universe is simply beyond our capability in the same way that a fish pulled from the sea is incapable of comprehending the place where the air chokes it and the light is blinding madness...Size overrides and sits above all, over possessions, over history, over time...

Thanks to all who posted the videos in this thread...I greatly enjoyed them.

[Uncle Joe]

14. I believe you may be correct, Moostache.

Peace to you.

[zebonaut]

22. However all that was just our Local Bubble in the Multiverse

[Kennah]

13. Wow, and to think God did all that in 6 days

[littlemissmartypants]

24. I heard it was five and a half. Tricked again. nt

[valerief]

27. Yeah, but they got it wrong. The Sun revolves around the Earth.

Every Jesusite knows that.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. This is all very "heady" so early in the morning.

But a thoughtful and informative thread.

Thank you for your post, Uncle Joe.

Love, Peace and Shelter.
littlemissmartypants

[Uncle Joe]

17. Love, peace and shelter to you, littlemissmartypants.

[littlemissmartypants]

16. Reminds me of this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017206174

[freshwest]

20. Love it! Thanks!

[Johnny Noshoes]

21. Its all a matter of perspective.

[littlemissmartypants]

23. ..thanks

[packman]

25. Another good one

the last few minutes are mind blowing- the comparisons to atoms/viruses and galaxy clusters/universe is wondrous:

[snagglepuss]

32. WOW thank you

amazing

[Uncle Joe]

33. It was my pleasure, snagglepuss and thanks to everyone that posted or recommended

this thread.

Peace to you all.

[wildbilln864]

34. k & r! n/t