We each live inside a fleeting bubble — a limited perspective shaped excessively by isolated and recent narratives that are rarely viewed in comparison of all of time.
The full scale of time and its different eras when seen together, is astonishing and humbling in insight. Consider that the dinosaurs existed 500× longer than the human species have. Or that human civilization has occupied less than 0.025% of total human history. Or that the Earth has already experienced at least five cataclysmic meteorite impacts — the next one being not merely possible but inevitable.
This is an instrument to appreciate the staggering scale of time. Step outside your own current moment, and take a walk through all of time: from the Big Bang to this very breath, and everything in between.
View six nested scales of time, each ending at today. Click a specific event for details. Alternatively, select a specific scale, or zoom in for a deeper dive.