The sun is big. Really big.

[andrewducker]

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[pigwotflies.livejournal.com]

Woah! I thought it was going to stop with the sun, but it kept going and going and going...

We're really really really tiny!

[andrewducker]

On said subject, I rather like this quote:
http://www.bigskyastroclub.org/pale_blue_dot.htm

[makyo.livejournal.com]

There's a really nice recording of Carl Sagan reading this passage here, with Brian Eno's Ascent in the background.

[andrewducker]

Cheers - I'll have a listen tonight!