So I've been thinking about the size of things and there complexity. I do not think many people realize how complex life is or how big the universe is.
Here's a visual.
Imagine the sun is a grapefruit. The earth would be approximately 35 feet away from it and be the size of a grain of salt.
Jupiter (the first outer planet) would be 182 feet away and be the size of a large blueberry.
Pluto, (I still consider it a planet) would be 1400 feet away and be the size of a piece of ground pepper.
Now, I'm going to make this even bigger.
The sun is still the size of a grapefruit. If this were so, the next nearest star would be 2500 miles away. Approximately the distance from Washington DC to the middle of Nevada.
Now I will totally blow your mind.
On this same scale, the approximate width of the universe would be 9.75 X 10^12 or approximately 9.75 Quadrillion miles wide. It was kind of an eye opener for me, what about you?
And don't even get me started on the complexity of a cell...
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