Now You Can Stare Into The Sun Without Going Blind!

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day was really a video of the sun, and I find it fascinating.

Here is a screencap from the video:



Note the scale of the Earth compared to just part of the Sun. Its gotta make you think of how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things, and how amazing it is that our planet ever developed life.

I highly recommend the book Lonely Planets that touches on some of this stuff. In my "Books You Should Read" section, I have a link to the page where you can buy it on Amazon.com, if anyone is interested.

Enjoy!