The Earth is 4.54 billion years old. Even the greatest minds on the planet find it difficult to comprehend such a massive amount of time. So the fine folks over at Business Insider have created a cool video, “If Time Was the Distance Between Los Angeles and New York City.” In less than four minutes, the video makes Earth’s timeline understandable by comparing it to a journey many have taken.
A few mind-blowing highlights:
-- By the time our 747 makes it to the Grand Canyon, the first rocks have developed
-- The first photosynthetic lifeforms appear somewhere over Denver
-- 600 million years ago (when we hit Pennsylvania) multicellular organisms begin to form
-- Right before you hit Jersey, dinosaurs!
-- Somewhere over Madison Square Garden a violent surface disturbance known as the modern human has evolved
(H/T Business Insider)