meter's Room - looking at the entire room
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galaxy | | 21 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIgalaxy2.jpg) |
| 20 19 |
local stars | 18 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIstars1.png) |
| 17 16 |
between | 15 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIhelio3.png) |
| 14 13 |
E's orbit | 12 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIsun.png) |
| 11 10 |
sun | 9 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIearth2.jpg) |
| 8 7 |
texas | 6 |
![](UnstableURLs/XImap.png) |
| 5 4 |
hood | 3 |
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| 2 1 |
you | 0 |
![](UnstableURLs/quarter_face.gif) |
| -1 -2 |
salt grain | -3 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIhair2.jpg) |
| -4 -5 |
bacteria | -6 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIvirus.png) |
| -7 -8 |
atom | -9 |
100 m
1 m
101 m
10 m
102 m
100 m
103 m
1000 m (1 km)
light-microseconds ( 10-6 lt·s )
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feet (ft)
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2000
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3000
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4000
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5000
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sound-seconds (in STP air)
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acre![](UnstableURLs/icon_zoom.gif)
hectare
distance traveled by sound, in STP air
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2 s
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3 s
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4 s
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5 s
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3 seconds per km, 5 seconds per mile
![](UnstableURLs/speedofsound.gif)
sound in air (STP) How many meters per second? 330 m/s.
![](UnstableURLs/citycrosssection.gif)
Boston: Charles River, Prudential Building (should extend down too), sunken highway
src
Pompeii ( interactive map , conjectural detail map , ok navigation game , air photo )
![](UnstableURLs/statueofliberty_01.gif)
![](UnstableURLs/icon_zoom.gif)
![](UnstableURLs/mf_aircraft_carrier.png)
src
![](UnstableURLs/pixel_trans.gif) |
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average ocean depth (swimming pool!) |
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Antartic ice sheet |
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average land height above sea level |
![](UnstableURLs/person_climbing_stairs_left.gif) |
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Looking east up the Khumbu Icefall, with Mt. Everest (aka Sagarmatha), Lhotse and Nuptse.
Original image from
here.
A map.
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