Thread on the real size of things š§µ
1. Titanic compared to a modern cruise ship
2. The giant flag of the french ship Le Genereux, which was captured by Admiral Nelson in 1800. It is believed to be one of the earliest Tricolours in existence.
Humans for scale.
3. A husky next to a wolf
4. The true size of the pyramids
5. If Saturn were as close to Earth as the Moon, this is what it would look like:
6. The real size of Michelangeloās David
7. The size of Starship
8. This GIF by Jakub Nowosad demonstrates how the Mercator projection distorts the true sizes of continents and countries on a world map.
9. The actual size of Africa
10. Petra, Jordan
11. Jadayupara, the largest avian sculpture in the world
It measures 200 feet (61 m) long, 150 feet (46 m) wide, 70 feet (21 m) in height and occupies 15,000 square feet of floor area.
12. The actual size of a sea turtle
13. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, the longest continuous bridge over water in the world.
Its length can be used to visually demonstrate the curvature of the Earth.
14. The size of a moose
15. The little dot in front of the Sun is actually Mercury
16. Sequoia trees
Sequoia National Park in California is home to five of the world's ten largest trees.
17. The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres (597 feet).
18. Europe's largest salt mine
Located in SlÄnic, Romania, the SlÄnic Salt Mine features 14 underground chambers, each with a 10-meter ceiling opening, 32-meter width, and 54-meter height, reaching a total depth of 208 meters.
19. The Quetzalcoatlus, the largest known flying animal that ever existed
20. This marble quarry is so huge that the excavator looks like a toy
21. The short-faced bear is an extinct ancient bear that lived in North America 11,000 years ago.
22. The size of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, as seen from his outstretched arms
23. The size of a whale skull
24. Two people sitting on the Makkah Clock Royal Tower in Mecca, the tallest clock tower on Earth
25. Eros, the second largest known asteroid in an Earth-crossing orbit
Thread on the real size of things š§µ
1. Titanic compared to a modern cruise ship 2. The giant flag of the french ship Le Genereux, which was captured by Admiral Nelson in 1800. It is believed to be one of the earliest Tricolours in existence.
Humans for scale. 3. A husky next to a wolf 4. The true size of the pyramids 5. If Saturn were as close to Earth as the Moon, this is what it would look like: 6. The real size of Michelangeloās David 7. The size of Starship
8. This GIF by Jakub Nowosad demonstrates how the Mercator projection distorts the true sizes of continents and countries on a world map. 9. The actual size of Africa 10. Petra, Jordan
11. Jadayupara, the largest avian sculpture in the world
It measures 200 feet (61 m) long, 150 feet (46 m) wide, 70 feet (21 m) in height and occupies 15,000 square feet of floor area. 12. The actual size of a sea turtle
13. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, the longest continuous bridge over water in the world.
Its length can be used to visually demonstrate the curvature of the Earth. 14. The size of a moose
15. The little dot in front of the Sun is actually Mercury 16. Sequoia trees
Sequoia National Park in California is home to five of the world's ten largest trees.
17. The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue, with a height of 182 metres (597 feet). 18. Europe's largest salt mine
Located in SlÄnic, Romania, the SlÄnic Salt Mine features 14 underground chambers, each with a 10-meter ceiling opening, 32-meter width, and 54-meter height, reaching a total depth of 208 meters.
19. The Quetzalcoatlus, the largest known flying animal that ever existed 20. This marble quarry is so huge that the excavator looks like a toy
21. The short-faced bear is an extinct ancient bear that lived in North America 11,000 years ago. 22. The size of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, as seen from his outstretched arms
23. The size of a whale skull 24. Two people sitting on the Makkah Clock Royal Tower in Mecca, the tallest clock tower on Earth 25. Eros, the second largest known asteroid in an Earth-crossing orbit
