Visualizing the speed of light...

[Daysman]

Something Google threw at me today...

Visualizing the Speed of Light (Fast, but Slow)

In our every day lives, light is instantaneous - but in the context of our solar system and beyond, light is surprisingly slow.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[RJM Corbet]

Nice one. So slow!

 

[Star-child]

The line at the end about human lifespans takes the perspective of someone waiting around for an email, but if you travel close to light speed everything happens near instantaneously.

 

[RJM Corbet]

And we are used to reading such large numbers that we forget:

1 million seconds equal 11+ days.
1 billion seconds equal 31+ years.
1 trillion seconds equal 31,710 years.

Do it with bricks:

Nowadays most bricks in the UK are made to a standard brick size of 215 x 102.5 x 65mm and laid with a nominal 10mm mortar joint.

 

[Elckerlyc]

To me it says more about the vast distances in space than about the speed of light. It signals our isolation in our local solar system.