Prepare to feel small.
Whenever I am in New York, I love to go to the American Museum of Natural History. One of my favorite exhibits is inside the Rose Center for Earth and Space. It winds around the room and deals with scale, from the largest to the smallest known objects.
In the center of the room is the Hayden Sphere. I didn’t get a good picture of it directly, but you can begin to get an idea of the size from the people walking around it in some of the photos.
As you make your way around the room, you’ll see panels that read, if the Sphere is one object in the Universe, then the small model in front of you is another object in the Universe. It begins with the scale on which the Sphere represents the observable universe…
I haven’t yet visited the American Museum of Natural History. My husband and I thought we would be in NYC this summer, but scheduling changed and now we’re going to California. I’ve only been to NYC once, and didn’t have to time to visit the museum. I’d really like to get there sometime soon.
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Ezra, do you have an email or contact form? I cannot find it. I wanted to ask you a question.
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Sure. You can email me at secular.jew1 [at] gmail.com
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