I'm not a big fan of those "Blew my mind" posts, but this truly did...

on_the_redpill · 3 months

XAMOTA · 3 months

OK, I've watched this for like 20 minutes straight... I cannot get over how tiny this makes me feel individuals are. Gonna go watch Workaholics. Peace.

ricbenram · 3 months

At first, the gif wouldn't load on my phone, so I thought it was just an image of Earth with the caption "Earth"

Seemed acceptable here on r/trees.

ABZR · 3 months

I kept expecting it to end with a comparison between one of the massive stars and my mother.

flypelicanfly · 3 months

Could anyone slow this down a little bit? I'd love to study it better.

verydangerousasp · 3 months

Guys, get ready for mind_blown.exe v2.0. About that last, largest star, VY Canis Majoris:

"If the Earth were to be represented by a sphere one centimeter in diameter, the Sun would be represented as a sphere with a diameter of a little over a meter, at a distance of 117 meters. At these scales, VY Canis Majoris would have a diameter of approximately 2.3 kilometers (1.43 mi.), assuming the upper limit estimate of its radius."

AND YET... despite being so much larger than our sun in volume, it really isn't with regards to mass. The VY Canis Majoris has only ~30x as much mass as our sun.

AlecTheGreat94 · 3 months

I kept saying to myself "There is no way there's something bigger than THAT!"

zedsdeadbby · 3 months

Relevant XKCD

aperfecttool72 · 3 months

Oh my...

viktorb · 3 months

VY Canis Majoris, followed by your mom.

karstens9 · 3 months

They recently made an updated one also...

TXKush01 · 3 months

i fucking love space.

bejz · 3 months

I didn't know that URANUS is so big!

eagleapex · 3 months

You are made of dust formed in the center of those stars.

Hornetsmakehoney · 3 months

HOW can we not see something that big

merlore · 3 months

I'm so small...

mayhem45 · 3 months

I was waiting for "Your Mom" at the end.

HighSorcerer · 3 months

I don't know why this is a gif when it was a perfectly fine jpeg months ago.

B2Dirty · 3 months

There is always a bigger fish.

BringerOfPaine · 3 months

Don't you think this post is a bit too sirius for r/trees?

Henman84 · 3 months

That blew my mind so bad i almost cried. no joke.

jackp0t08 · 3 months

Just to think, if we had a star exponentially larger than our sun, WE COULD GROW SOME HUGE BUDS

sagmuffin · 3 months

ITS...TOO...FAST!AHHHHH!

undersquirl · 3 months

I know this, but every time i see it my mind is blown, i forget all my problems for a second and just think of the universe.

Sir_Jeremiah · 3 months

I feel like I could fathom this better if I was high.

Volbeatsking · 3 months

Gotta love science!

Boruski · 3 months

you guys will love this video than .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvTe1-a6Pdo

iLizard · 3 months

Man I wasn't expecting my mind to get blown like that. Can't really handle it right now. [0]

Fgame · 3 months

Somebody missed an opportunity for the best 'yo momma' joke ever.

r1c3ball · 3 months

We truly live in a remarkable universe don't we?

wisewizard · 3 months

less than a speck of nothing......think i'll go lord it over some ants to make myself feel significant.

soc4real · 3 months

Original Give them a little bit credit. :)

cumfarts · 3 months

Betelgeuse betelgeuse betelgeuse

gmikeygdizzle · 3 months

Didn't realize it was a gif at first, but I didn't put it past r/trees to be fascinated with a picture of the earth

MrBustnuts · 3 months

It amazes the fuck out if me that there are stars easily 100 times the size of our entire solar system. Hell they're probably even bigger than that, but I'm no astronomer.

[deleted] · 3 months

Who's not a fan of getting their mind blown??

SpunkingCorgi · 3 months

I never felt smaller 0_o

yose21 · 3 months

This amazes me, we are so big yet so small, we really take things for granted. Thank you for this post.

Enti_San · 3 months

I am completely blown away, here goes the infinitely large.

magicalbeautifulkibi · 3 months

It's fitting that the largest known star roughly translates as "Big dog".

rafads · 3 months

I was expecting to see "your mom" at the end, silly me haha

monkeymasher · 3 months

Uranus is quite large compared to the rest

p1415926 · 3 months

Still not bigger than your mom.

kebbz · 3 months

my reaction

Septem · 3 months

daaam gurrl, uranus is really big adolescent laugh

Justinian2011 · 3 months

Fuck dude this is an amazing gif to illustrate just how freaking tiny we are. A+ Thanks for the brain stimulation :)

perfectconfusion · 3 months

Are you sirius?.... I'll leave now.

emceeescher · 3 months

I don't know if I'm in awe or nauseated or what.

Beaumont21 · 3 months

I stopped recognizing names after Rigel

eatthischair · 3 months

It would've been better if toward the end the starts came out 4x as fast. Just to stir things up, and blow everything

ZappyKins · 3 months

Too much time on the internet. I was expecting 'your mom's butt' at the end.

GaryDuder · 3 months

Damn Sirius be bein bright than a mother fucker.

Zertiof · 3 months

And imagine if those things have consciouses

Just_To_Say_Thanks · 3 months

If anyone is interested...
http://stellarium.org/
Explore away. :)

symzvius · 3 months

Betelgeuse is real?!?:D

meganator23 · 3 months

Ah God make it stop!

SatansChronic · 3 months

MIND=BLOWN. reading this at a 7. the last few slides with the larger stars are incredible.

I_hate_Slogan_Shirts · 3 months

I AM NOTHING.

ironicalballs · 3 months

At first I was:

Earth "And???"

Then you was all like Canis Majoris + Sun "You made your point"

EnteQuack · 3 months

hhmhmhmhmh ...wow....

oldschoolnewschool · 3 months

Can't think now......

InsanitySK · 3 months

Could you imagine living on jupiter? It would take like a fuckin month to cross the planet.

alexsaurrr · 3 months

Wait.... I didn't know there were more planets past Planet X............ I don't think it exists.....

ireland123 · 3 months

Woah, what was all that stuff after the sun? Never heard of any of it!

hey_gang · 3 months

I love how perfect the laws of physics are, that the same principles hold across such vastly different scales. And that space is big enough for each of these stars to have room to do their thing.

Hazaa1 · 3 months

I'm confused, it says sun twice? which sun is the first one then?

octodat · 3 months

Motherfucking Canis Majoris. Fucking massive piece of glowing stuff. Awesome.

Hrynkat · 3 months

How come I always thought Mars was bigger than earth? TIL....

fulham · 3 months

Uranus is pale blue.

OnlyAMuffin · 3 months

This is amazing but I cant really comprehend what there trying to tell me .. holy shit i'm baked

TheObeseOne · 3 months

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPwDyUp0YAc

dusdus · 3 months

shit is huuuuuge

ilikedrinkingmilk · 3 months

enjoy, we love watching this video baked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDNEV9EW06g

tie_me_down · 3 months

OH WOW

I'd been debating whether to take a unit named "Our Universe" next semester and I think you just convinced me which way to go...

creatorda · 3 months

me .

jewfox · 3 months

I suggest /r/astronomy while high, its beautiful

Link for the lazy: http://www.reddit.com/r/astronomy

IDlOT · 3 months

MAKE IT STOP

TKHC · 3 months

This is what I try and draw for people when they stress out over assignments or exams. Arcturus is going to stay massive whether you fail or pass.

Mad_Frog · 3 months

A more interactive version on a larger scale with awesome pictures. http://www.numbersleuth.org/universe/

Dr_Funkypants · 3 months

Impossibru!!!

DeadSpunK · 3 months

My bro me watched it an hour ago...he's still confused[6]

ProxyD · 3 months

Make it stop, make it stop... they just keep on going...

SheepyTurtle · 3 months

I much prefer this gif with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann at the end. It makes me feel a little bit better about being so small.

Edit - this one!

torbot · 3 months

I feel so small and insignificant right now.

Flarehl · 3 months

Whats with "sun" and "our sun"? Last time I checked there was only one. Am I missing something?

EpicToastable · 3 months

It makes me feel short, for a stormtrooper.

Malicious78 · 3 months

Total perspective is dangerous. In fact, It'll drive you crazy :)

monstereddit · 3 months

this is also great

PlNG · 3 months

Even more mind blowing: Life will be as big as it needs to be.

Llim · 3 months

Siriusly?

burrito_supreme7762 · 3 months

Space stuff always blows my mind

jtv13 · 3 months

Its going a little too fast for me to actually comprehend the mindblowingness

lucien798 · 3 months

This reminds me of the new xkcd comic http://xkcd.com/1071/large/

Twish · 3 months

I think you will enjoy this aswell!

jggm2009 · 3 months

We are nothing but enie weenie tiny, little, ants, aren't we. Spinning and flying around a ball of fire with a moon flying around us. Hmm...we are alone, not.

Evilmunk · 3 months

I feel sad now...

andreGIANT · 3 months

If you dig that, you will certainly dig The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D. BONG!

UltimateForm · 3 months

Holy fuck.

cerealpunch · 3 months

EARTH IS TO GODDAMN SMALL (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Whywouldyou_ · 3 months

Just makes you think how insignificant all of life's problems are.

jackjakattak · 3 months

Awesome.

JJaX2 · 3 months

This video always blows my mind.

The known universe

sweetsobriquet · 3 months

I was expecting 'your mom' at the end.

HearshotAtomDisaster · 3 months

This one was aight...

The one that ends with "Your Mom" is way better.

docular · 3 months

I think my mind is broken. [5]

zebra08 · 3 months

It. Just. Keeps. Going... !!

brittator · 3 months

I feel so...small.

skullmonkey420 · 3 months

i remember watching a show called "how the universe works" a few months back on netflix. i remember them talking about how small earth really is. (basically a better version of what OP put up here) i remember thinking, "so im like, not even a spec of dust?"

[deleted] · 3 months

Wow, we are almost nothing, damn.

KarmaAddict123 · 3 months

You should put this in r/spaceporn or r/space.

James007anr · 3 months

Wow!!

henryponco · 3 months

Any idea why so many stars have "Cephei" in their name?

JimmyJon12 · 3 months

so superman lives under pollux, or alderbernam?

ganjsta · 3 months

yes. so next time you have a problem, just remember how much nothing you are.

kylelalala · 3 months

Blew my mind in the first frame.

dinodann · 3 months

This post officially consumed more of my time than any other previous post. Thank you. Thank you everyone.

pedropara · 3 months

yo my mind is full of fuck space is big as shit like, fucking big maybe, the fabric of space is in itself an ideal gas, and everything other then space is just matter inside the ideal gas but ideal gasses can't exist. an ideal gas has absolutely no attractions or relations between molecules. But everything is attracted to something and everything is related to something else. so space isn't a vacuum,it's just a really spread out gas that has close to 0 density, weight, and mass. so space must have a certain volume, but it's always expanding, so that certain volume will keep getting more and more stretched out. what happens then? and since the fabric of space isn't an ideal gas, it can't take up everything. so there are other near-ideal gases out there, fabrics of different spaces. if all of them (most likely an infinite amount) are expanding, at some point they will all have the same density and merge. and then what? it would cover everything. everything would be taken up by this infinitely huge gas. and then what? tl;dr shit man space is big. i have this bigass theory as to why. i am pretty baked. i love Dr.Pepper.

rhettit · 3 months

I wish i could uptoke this more.

FarmerTan · 3 months

Makes me feel kinda bad. Like I don't matter at an [8]

A_WAL · 3 months

you loose your sense of scale very quickly...but it's oh so amazing!

samesies · 3 months

that last panel with VY canis majoris vs our sun just made me feel anxious. incredible.

Scuttlebuttz93 · 3 months

Awesome

zachm90 · 3 months

It's impossible to even imagine just how big some of those largest stars are. Great post.

SuccelentOrangess · 3 months

And to think the average person thinks running 2 miles is far..

GodoftheSun · 3 months

WE ARE SO FUCKING INSIGNIFICANT

[deleted] · 3 months

i remember discovering this in my debuts as an ent... not only did it blow my mind but it made me think about our mere existence... we are an egotistical race thinking we are the only ones out there pfff!!!

PenguinOnDrugs · 3 months

Look at the size of UrAnus xP

FixingGosling · 3 months

whoa... it must be so hot over there.

IRAPEYOURDEADGRANDMA · 3 months

Can someone explain this to me?

http://imgur.com/CEnCV

JohntheAnabaptist · 3 months

Why are they so big....?

harmonyca · 3 months

What the fuuuuuck! I kept expecting it to stop!

anonibills · 3 months

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