I love this representation of the size of things in the universe so much I have to link to it, even though I prefer to post things that I created more of. Please check it out and play with it. (EDIT: alternative link)
It’s an updated, interactive, unnarrated version of the great educational 1968 short film, the Powers of Ten.
I think the movie and interactive representation show some of the greatest parts of the beauty we can find of nature. We can find that beauty everywhere we look.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0[/youtube]
Here is a simpler version of the representation of distance scales.
EDIT: Another representation
The link is broken… I was really looking forward to seeing it. Can you fix it?
http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf
Thanks! I updated the post to add this alternative link.