Sunday, February 21, 2010

If a pixel equals a human, then ...

In this wonderful graphic, the single black pixel representing the height of a human (you can see it at the surface when you magnify [+] the graphic) helps to dramatize the depth of the Mariana Trench. Once again scale paves the way to understanding.

1 comment:

Rachel DeVona said...

Ha I saw that! I think I showed Joe the site that I saw it on, did you see him looking at it? It's imgur.com. Some is intelligent and appropriate and funny all in one.