The Scale of the Universe - Visualized

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Cary & Michael Huang @ htwins.net bring you this remarkable interactive visualization of the universe, from the very small to the very big.  Sometimes you just need to see things at scale to realize how big (or not big, for that matter) things are!!
Note The above is an image.  I've embedded the flash below, but I'd recommend going to the original to see it in all its glory

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