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Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Proportionally Speaking, What Is

Our little solar-system...
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Beyond our sun, it's a big universe...

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Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky...

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This is a Hubble Telescope Ultra Deep Field Infrared View of countless (entire) galaxies, all billions of light-years away:

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And this is a close up of one of the darkest regions of the photo above:

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We are oh so small.

6 Comments:

Blogger Luis V. said...

How could we possibly think we're alone in this universe?

L..

8/09/2007 08:01:00 AM  
Anonymous ryan d said...

It's a good thing we've only been given something so small to pillage. If you were in charge would you trust us with something larger?

I think it's healthy to be reminded of our smallness. :)

8/09/2007 03:06:00 PM  
Blogger David G. Paul said...

quite cool diagrams

8/14/2007 04:57:00 PM  
Blogger Leonardo Melendez said...

Ah! Diagrams with depth tell a completely different story. Earth seems like such a boring place to live in from this angle.

8/15/2007 11:39:00 PM  
Anonymous ed m said...

Great post. Went from this to an Astronomy site and perused the heavens with my oldest daughter, 15. She thought it was cool. My youngest daughter, 13, wasn't impressed.

But then what 13 year old girl doesn't think SHE isn't the center of the universe?

8/21/2007 10:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

this is freash yo i never knew anything went beyond the sun and i never knew how small we are

12/02/2007 08:45:00 PM  

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These are the musings of Debbie Millman. Debbie has been in the design business for 25 years. She is a Partner and President of the Design division at Sterling Brands, one of the leading brand identity firms in the country. Consider this site the result of that work, and perhaps (but not necessarily) the antidote. Debbie is a board member of the National AIGA, and teaches at the School of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute of Technology. She is also an author on the design blog Speak Up, a regular contributor to Print Magazine and she hosts a weekly internet radio talk show on the Voice America Business network titled Design Matters. Her first book, "How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer," was published by Allworth Press in 2007; her second, "Essential Principles of Graphic Design," was published by Rotovision in 2008, and a book of illustrated essays titled "Look Both Ways" will be published in the Fall. Debbie can be reached at debbie.m@sterlingbrands.com

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