And, oh yes, people used to think that the Earth was the center of the Universe.

Humbling........

 

 

           A very interesting video.

           Hard to put SIZE and DISTANCE into perspective...

 

 

           And, oh yes, people used to think

                 that the Earth was the center of the Universe.
  

 

Hubble Pointing at Nothing

 

This  is fascinating. I challenge you to wrap your  mind around this.   Apparently our planet, even our galaxy, is like a tiny speck of sand on an  immense ocean beach.

In  1996 astronomers pointed the Hubble Space Telescope at what appeared to  be absolutely nothing and left it there for 10 days, and then  in 2004, they did it again for 11 days. This time they pointed  the Hubble toward another seemingly black, empty "nothing" area. A  narrator describes what Hubble revealed in those areas of  nothingness.  They made the images Hubble recorded into a 3-D presentation.  Remember, the speed of light is 186,000 miles a second.  When light  travels at that speed for an entire year, that is equal to one light  year. The meaning of what Hubble found is beyond my comprehension. Turn  your sound on.

 

http://www.flixxy.com/hubble-ultra-deep-field-3d.htm