The Sun compared to red supergiant Stephenson 2-18

This star is located 19,000 light years from our solar system, and it is estimated to have a volume 10 billion times that of the sun. Travelling at the speed of light, it would take almost 9 hours to travel around its surface, where as it would take 14.5 seconds to travel around the Suns surface.

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This giant barrel of wine

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The man that inspired the Lion King ...

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This jumbo plane peaking out of storage.

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The Aalsmeer Flower Auction, the largest flower auction and one of the largest buildings in the world by footprint, with a whopping 518,000 square metres (51.8 hectares).

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Gargantuic Stadium stage for over 80k pax in Warsaw

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Now Imagine this thing moving

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Can't believe i got scared by this so much

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2000+ metre tsunami looking mountain in kazbeghi.........

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I don't know if you guys have been, but the Grand Canyon doesn't even look real in person. I've never felt the actual size of something until I saw it last year........

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Cliffs of Zion National Park

Took this photo when I made a trip to Zion National Park back in April. Most of the pictures do no justice to the scale of the cliffs, but this one is the closest. They really make you feel small.

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