Want to get a sense of our place in the Universe? Than check out this video, which features a group of friends who traveled into the desert in Nevada to build a model of the solar system to scale. To accomplish this task, the project needed a lot of space. In fact, it needed 7 miles (11.3 km) to create this model. As you’ll see in this clip, it truly gives a sense of scale for our solar system alone, and just how small we are in the grand scheme of things.
To Scale: The Solar System from Wylie Overstreet on Vimeo.
Kraig is an outdoor and adventure travel writer based in Nashville, TN. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to numerous online and print outlets, including Popular Mechanics, Gear Junkie, Outside Online, National Geographic, Digital Trends, Business Insider, TripSavvy, about.com, and of course The Adventure Blog.
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