Earth feels pretty large, and we feel pretty tiny living on it.
But we rarely, if ever, stop to think about the vast beyond. And we should!
Former astronomer Carl Sagan wrote in his book "Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space":
There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
So just how small is Earth compared with the rest of outer space? These photos will help put our planet in perspective.
This humbling photo, taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft in 2013, shows what Earth, indicated by the tiny white arrow, looks like from 898 million miles away.
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
Here, North America is superimposed next to Jupiter's Great Red Spot. As you can see in this to-scale image, Jupiter's giant storm would completely swallow the entire continent.
Courtesy of John Brady, who founded the blog Astronomy Central.
Saturn's rings are a beautiful spectacle of the cosmos, but they look much better on Saturn than on Earth.
Courtesy of John Brady, who founded the blog Astronomy Central.
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