21 Things You Won't Believe The Sizes Of In Real Life If It Weren't For These Human Scale Comparisons
Sometimes, all you need is a human to prove how big or small something is.
The universe is a vast place, filled with both the most mundane and extraordinary things you could ever imagine. No matter how many years you have spent in this world, there is always a guarantee that something will completely blow you away with its magnificent appearance or presence.
Seeing photos on the Internet of extraordinary things cannot truly compare to the feeling of witnessing them in real life, especially the wondrous landmarks scattered across the globe. These iconic places may be at the top of your list of things you have always wanted to see, but there are also other items in the world that could catch your attention due to their peculiar size in person.
The size of something nowadays must always be compared relatively to something else in order for us to make sense of it in real life. It's like comparing the size of the moon to the size of the Earth or comparing our height to that of the Statue of Liberty.
It's easy to debunk these things when you're just on the other side of the screen; however, when you see other people standing right next to them, it's a whole different story. You'll be surprised to discover how big or small things really are.
That being said, check out this collection of human-scale comparisons to see how our world truly is a peculiar place!
1. The world's largest crystal cluster of quartz displayed in a museum in Namibia, discovered in 1985 at the bottom of a 45-meter cave near Karibib, in the Othua mine. The cluster weighs over 14,000 kg and took about three years to excavate.
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4. A giant sunflower
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5. Starved Rock State Park in Illinois
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6. A big, friendly moose
7. The Curiosity rover next to Spirit/Opportunity and Sojourner
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8. A Russian radar structure
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9. Bethlehem Steel, the factory that built New York City
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10. The world's longest limo in Burbank, California, made by Jay Ohrberg, measures 100 feet long. It has 26 wheels, two driver cabins, a spa, a king-sized bed, a helipad, and even a swimming pool!
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11. A barrel in Kornhauskeller, Bern, Switzerland
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12. The oldest door at the Pantheon in Rome, which dates from about 115 AD. Each of the solid bronze doors measures 2.3 m wide and 7.5 m high.
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13. The General Electric Widescreen 1000
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14. A bed that can accommodate 12 sleeping people
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15. A baby gastropod next to a human finger
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16. Bird's eye view of Lantau in Hong Kong
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17. A 6'5" man standing next to cars in Italy
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18. The M1070 HET—largest land vehicle of the U.S. Army.
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19. When they say to add two cloves of garlic, is this what they meant?
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20. Saturn V in NASA/Houston, 1983.
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21. A fish farm that can hold and mature up to 1.5 million fish in just over a year. It is 110 m wide and 68 m high.
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Seeing these photos, you might wonder how many things here on Earth are actually much bigger or smaller than we credit them for. Either way, it just proves that our world is full of wonders, and you are always bound to stumble upon something magnificent along the way!
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