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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.19,0:00:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look up an image
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.14,0:00:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Earth and moon,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.29,0:00:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're gonna get a picture
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.53,0:00:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they're quite close together.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.85,0:00:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.45,0:00:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, in reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.60,0:00:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Earth and moon are about...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.80,0:00:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about that far apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.30,0:00:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the Earth and the moon to scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.82,0:00:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking the same concept-
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.47,0:00:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for the solar system,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.31,0:00:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single picture of the solar system
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.95,0:00:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we ever encounter is not to scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.12,0:00:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you put the orbits to scale
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.93,0:00:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a piece of paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.60,0:00:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the planets become microscopic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.17,0:00:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.42,0:00:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you won't be able to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.44,0:00:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.91,0:00:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is literally not an image
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.92,0:00:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that adequately shows you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.82,0:00:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it actually looks like from out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.84,0:01:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only way to see a scale model of the solar system
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.96,0:01:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to build one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.35,0:01:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}To Scale:{\i0}\N{\b1}The Solar System{\b0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.88,0:01:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to Black Rock Desert.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.46,0:01:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Alex,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.14,0:01:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Hey]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.26,0:01:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Wylie,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.18,0:01:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's going to be behind the camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.13,0:01:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna be probably-
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.63,0:01:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making a lot of mistakes on camera...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.83,0:01:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have 36 hours to measure the distances,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.57,0:01:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trace out the orbits,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.84,0:01:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and set up a time lapse shot
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.48,0:01:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from up on top of a nearby mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.20,0:01:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To create a scale model with an Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.51,0:01:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only as big as this marble,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.68,0:01:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need seven miles of empty space.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.71,0:01:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's why we're here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.34,0:01:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Why did you guys come?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.45,0:02:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have a job...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.32,0:02:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Laughing]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.63,0:02:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At this scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.63,0:02:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Sun is a meter and a half so about...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.53,0:02:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about that big around...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.72,0:02:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are driving right now to Mercury,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.62,0:02:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've arrived.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.18,0:02:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Venus is the same size as Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.66,0:02:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the world in my pocket somewhere...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.44,0:02:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.92,0:02:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Earth...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.12,0:02:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is Mars...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.91,0:02:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Got a couple of robots rolling around on that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.10,0:03:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the time lapse is ready,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.00,0:03:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll drive each orbit with a light,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.54,0:03:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopefully you'll be able
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.86,0:03:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell just how big they really are.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.60,0:03:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Onward to the outer planets...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.97,0:03:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jupiter...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.06,0:03:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saturn...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.98,0:03:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That tiny light out there is our Sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.05,0:03:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just over a mile away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.55,0:03:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sun way...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.68,0:03:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way out there now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.24,0:04:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.13,0:04:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the edge of the solar system.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.29,0:04:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.04,0:04:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about 7 am,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.57,0:04:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just woke up right before the Sun is about your rise...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.70,0:04:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are on Earth's orbit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.80,0:04:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wylie is over there holding our Sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.36,0:05:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cue the dramatic sunrise music.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.63,0:05:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we've made our model correctly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.72,0:05:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your perspective from where Earth is on the model,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.63,0:05:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will match your perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.99,0:05:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from standing on the real Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.68,0:05:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you look back at the sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.99,0:05:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will see that the model sun
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.75,0:05:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the real Sun are the exact same size.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.99,0:05:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how you can tell
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.27,0:05:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the proportions are correct.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.42,0:05:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.78,0:05:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,24 people in the entire history of the human species-
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.62,0:05:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.43,0:05:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have actually seen
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.72,0:05:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the full circle of the Earth with their own eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.69,0:05:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Following the breakfast the astronauts"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.54,0:05:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"went to the suit room where they donned their space suits..."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.34,0:05:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is Man's attempt to get to the moon..."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.30,0:05:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"1..."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.30,0:05:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"0..."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.10,0:05:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We have liftoff..."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.77,0:05:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"liftoff of 7:51~"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.20,0:05:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Earth orbit the horizon is just slightly curved.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.40,0:05:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you head on out to the moon,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.09,0:06:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that horizon slowly curves around and upon itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.89,0:06:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of a sudden you're lookin' at something
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.02,0:06:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is very strange,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.91,0:06:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but very very familiar...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.82,0:06:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my god"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.66,0:06:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"look at that picture over there..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.32,0:06:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow is that pretty"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.04,0:06:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can put your thumb up,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.02,0:06:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can hide the Earth behind your thumb.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.69,0:06:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything that you've ever known.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.15,0:06:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All behind your thumb.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.40,0:06:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not any bigger than that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.57,0:06:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way up there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.68,0:06:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.26,0:06:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mean you'll cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.07,0:06:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I really wanted to try and capture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.28,0:06:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are on a marble,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.42,0:06:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,floating in the middle of nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.61,0:06:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you come face-to-face with that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.04,0:06:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's staggering...