This is going to sound terribly, terribly wrong, but yes, size does matter. If it didn't, we wouldn't be so darn impressed with big things. But we are! I mean, why would countries all over the world try to build the tallest skyscrapers if not because of the allure and awe they inspire?
Part of that awe and allure is in how small big things can make humans feel. And part of it is surprise in how things we take for granted as being well-sized for us humans sometimes just aren't.
Because that thing looks like a dang basketball. If life ever throws a lemon like that at you, don't make lemonade — duck.
Just think of the pie you could make from that — and probably fries and some candied yams, too.
Sit that thing in a walk-in fridge for a few hours and then refresh an entire neighborhood on a hot summer's day.
Like, to move one, this island had to re-arrange and de-construct the roundabouts along a whole 20 km route to get it to its destination.
But to give you an idea, the black speck toward the bottom of the lowest blade on this turbine is a human. Now there's a job I'd rather not have.
Like this natural gas pipeline in India that looks like it's pretty regularly used as a walking path by locals.
I definitely wouldn't want to have to move that couch even though it's certainly modular, and I'm not even sure I'd want to own it. I wouldn't mind have the living room that can accommodate it, however.
Seriously, there's a reason why The Lord of the Rings series stands up after almost 20 years — all the hard work that went into it, like the building of this gigantic "model" of Minas Tirith.
Even if they start out large, by the time they reach the surface, meteorites have typically broken up into many smaller pieces.
Not this one, the Willamette Meteorite, which weighs roughly 15 tons.
But this view of the Cliffs of Gozo in Malta got a nice, scenic bit of perspective thanks to the person standing at the top. Whoa.
They're kind of reminiscent of dinosaurs, aren't they? What majestic creatures, and sadly, they're endangered.
A species of massive armadillos once existed, and their fossilized remains show that they could get even larger than the ones in this image. As big as a small car, in fact!
A husky is a fairly large breed, but the wolf next to this one makes it look like a puppy. Wow.
Check out that wingspan. I don't think this coyote is going to get the snack it's trying to take from the eagle.
It's not exactly inclement weather, but that's a big ol' fog bank rolling in.
Well, at least to whales, anyway. That's a whale's flipper next to a human skeleton, for reference.
Once one ends up on the ground, we can see that it's about as big as the man trying to hug it right now.
As we can see, it's so big that even one of these boosters could fit at least two of the people in this photo if they stood on top of each other.
For instance, it seems like that black bear and I could comfortably stand back to back, but that polar bear could probably use me as a teddy human if it wanted.
It's also hard not to wonder how long it could have taken to build such a monumental structure considering the level of technology at the time.
It seems obvious that a buffalo would be a massive animal, but did you really have you money on "its head is almost as large as your entire body" big?
Even if a whole high school classroom joined hands and hugged one of these things, they'd probably still be short a few people to reach all the way around.
Judging by how these people compare in size to the sign, you and me could probably play soccer on it without too much trouble.
I'm not sure why we'd actually do that, but there you go.
For one thing, it turns out that both an elephant's femur (right) and a triceratops' femur (left) is almost the size of her entire body.
For another, I can't say I expected the elephant's femur to be slightly longer than the triceratops'.
Considering how big this one is compared to its crew, in fact, it probably wouldn't be so impossible for all of them to stand on top of it for this picture.
As we can see, this one is about the size of a small cat. I guess how cuddly it is compared to the furry feline is a matter of personal preference.
I have to admit that I also want to get a look at whatever was brave enough to take a bite out of it.
It was probably a whale.
Another one of those living dinosaurs, amirite? Although, it's not a bad idea to be concerned about what might have taken this croc's leg, too.
Hey-o. No, really though, the size of a tiger's paw next to a man's hand, it's just ridiculous. These kitties don't play around!
This is everything that can and regularly does fit inside a fire truck. They must play a mean game of Tetris!
For one, we have the sheer size of this WWII ship, the German battleship Gniesenau. For the other, the scale of damage a torpedo can cause, as it has reduced the might ship to a husk of its former self.
