I recall my science teacher telling me, this was many years ago you understand, to try and grasp the enormity of the distance between the Earth and the Sun...
He said, imagine the Sun was the size of a large beach ball, and the Earth was, in comparison, the size of a pinhead (that in itself was rather dramatic!), how far, he asked were the two separated do you think?
He gave the answer as 175 miles, now that really got the message across!
Last edited by EW73; 11th Jan 2013 at 10:31.