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Cosmic Calendar v3

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Original – The 13.8 billion year history of the universe mapped onto a single year, as popularized by Carl Sagan. At this scale the Big Bang takes place on January 1 at midnight, the current time is December 31 at midnight, and the longest human life is a blink of an eye (about 1/4th of a second).
Reason
The graphic helps cosmology, evolution, and written history in context. It has been widely referenced on the Web and is used as an introductory graphic in science and history classes. Unlike other Cosmic Calendar graphics on the Web, this one includes primary sources of evidence, key dates for human evolution, and the last 60 seconds of the year. As a featured picture it will be more likely to be noticed for its educational value. The current version of the graphic is graphically enhanced from a prior version, which had its content vetted through review.
Articles in which this image appears
Cosmic Calendar
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:FP#Sciences
Creator
User:efbrazil
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