geekathons will have seen this before, but it’s so good it deserves a slot in the archives:
and it doesn’t stop there…
“The Size of our World” is the GIF above. Now, for the size of our Galaxy:
These images, now nearly 10 years old … you can download the original (TIFF) archive image from the Hubble website.
First time I’ve been stunned to teary eyes in a while.