Here's Some Perspective

Here's Earth & the other terrestrial planets (yeah, lay off on the Pluto debate!):


Now, here's the planets of the solar system - to scale:


Continuing, we have the planets in scale to the Sun:


Feeling small yet? Just wait - we're only getting started:


Well, the last one was humbling, but that's nothing compared to the next scale:


Keep in mind that Antares isn't even the largest star in the sky. That honor goes to Canis Majoris - about 1800 to 2100 times the size of Sol.

It's pretty humbling isn't it? I guess when you see this in comparison to Earth, it makes us seem so small & insignificant.