Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Importance of Scale

   Scale is a concept that is surprisingly simple, yet somewhat confusing. References to places and events in the news can be misleading without a reference of size or scale. Check out the story How Big Was It, Really?  by NPR and the multiple Strange Maps posts on Bigthink.com .
This map details how much of the moon was explored by the first Astronauts to land there.