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htwins.net/scale2mixWorldwide
The Scale of the Universe 2
One slider takes you from the tiniest particles all the way out to the size of the observable universe. Click anything along the way to read about it.
The Scale of the Universe and sites like it
Some numbers are too big or too small to feel. The Scale of the Universe 2 fixes that with a single slider — and once you have tried it, you start looking for more sites that do the same trick.
Here are the ones we found for foundaday: each takes one kind of size — distance, area, the variety of life — and lets you move through it with your own hands.
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The original: one slider from the tiniest particles out to the observable universe. Click anything along the way to read about it.
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Site of the dayjoshworth.comenWorldwideIf the Moon Were 1 Pixel
A scale map of the solar system where the Moon is a single pixel. Scroll sideways for a very long time and finally feel how empty space is.
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The same idea for distance: a scale map of the solar system where the Moon is one pixel. Scroll sideways for a very long time and you finally feel how empty space is.
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Site of the daythetruesize.comenWorldwideThe True Size Of
Drag a country across the map and watch it change size — the quickest way to see how the Mercator projection inflates Greenland and shrinks Africa.
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Scale on a map: drag a country across it and watch it grow or shrink — the quickest way to see how Mercator inflates Greenland and shrinks Africa.
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Site of the dayonezoom.orgenWorldwideOneZoom Tree of Life
All known life on Earth on one zoomable tree: about 2.2 million species, from humans to cacti, and you can dive into any single leaf.
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Scale for biology: about 2.2 million species on one zoomable tree, from humans to cacti. Dive into any single leaf.
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