Thread by @InterestingSTEM

A Thread of photos and videos featuring humans next to enormous things to illustrate their size

1. Old salt mine in Romania

2. Dendrocalamus Giganteus also known as Dragon Bamboo, is a species of giant bamboo that is indigenous to Southeast Asia

3. The Great Pyramid of Giza

4. The size of this flag flown on a spanish ship at the battle of Trafalgar (1805)

5. Queen Mary 2 with its Captain

6. Jadayupara, one of the world's largest avian sculpture

7. Huge Sequoia Trees

8. World's tallest statue, stands on a 58 m (190 ft) base. 240 m (787 ft) total monument height

9. Botanical Park of Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Founded in 1808, it is considered one of the most important in the world

10. Giant Water Lily - Victoria Boliviana

11. Whale skull

12. Underground Flood Tunnel - Tokyo, Japan

13. Giant ornamental rhubarb (Gunnera manicata) has some of the largest leaves you are ever likely to see.

14. Petra in south Jordan

15. Frozen Waterfall