Gilligan Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Click on the link below. Then slide the bar at bottom left to right with your mouse. Each dot is a year. http://www.vendian.org/envelope/dir2/lots_of_dots/million_dots.html Below is how many years ago dinosaurs lived in pennies: http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/eight.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stocksdale Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Wow. A lot of dots. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.–Carl Sagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Looks like EKG paper in the first link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Wow. My lifespan almost fills half of one of those squares. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekDawg Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 That is truly frightening when one considers our national debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 A more linear way to visualize it is: there are 1 000 000 millimeters in a kilometer. (1000 mm in a meter, times 1000 meters in a km) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 That is truly frightening when one considers our national debt. A more linear way to visualize it is: there are 1 000 000 millimeters in a kilometer. (1000 mm in a meter, times 1000 meters in a km) The national debt converted from dollars to millimeters would be ~17.5 million kilometers, which is about halfway to Venus at its closest approach. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painshill Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Roger I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who [Rudyard Kipling] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilligan Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 A Geologic drive from Los Angeles to New York at 2,800 miles (1 millimeter equals one year): Hadean Eon: Los Angeles, CA to Cedar City, UT Archean Eon: Cedar City, UT to Ogallala, NE Proterozoic Eon: Ogallala, NE to Emlenton, PA Paleozoic Era: Emlenton, PA to Danville, PA Mesozoic Era: Danville, PA to Roxbury Township, NJ Cenozoic Era: Roxbury Township, NJ to New York City, NY Holocene Epoch: The last 35 feet Locations are approximate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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