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Originally Posted by DoubleF
Yeah, it's hard to explain and visualize. Grand Canyon depth for instance is like ~1800m and people are blown away by the grandeur of it. Ha Ling Peak is ~2200-2400m and basically you see Canmore as a dot. But yeah there's a difference between direct up/down and parallel to earth vs looking at all points from an angle which is what we all typically do.
Humans are supposed to be able to see about 3 miles out (around 4.5 km). That means in a straight line, a human would would basically look like a dot. So you'd need something large to keep looking that far.
Coincidentally, the Bow tower is approx 236M and the Titanic was 269m. There were a few comments where it was like, "Oh the Titanic wasn't even that big vs other boats." But I think if you imagine it being longer than the Bow is taller, it would start to give you some insight into the size of the thing and how much bigger things are getting now. Distance wise, I think Bow to Fox Hollow is approx the same distance as the Titanic below water.
Light doesn't go that far down, so I imagine 5 people stuffed into a sub compact (pun not intended  ). Slowly drifting from Fox Hollow to the Bow with a basketball sized window looking for the thing that is around the size of the Bow Tower in pitch black darkness. Lights wise, they're using something like a pair of maglites? Kinda crazy. |
Oh it's 100% relative.
No, the Titanic wasn't that big compared to cruise ships today. See my post above about the P&O Aurora. We had the Norwegian Prima in port last month. Holy **** that's a big boat.
But I also think of the MV Atlantic Vision as a big boat. It's the largest passenger ferry in North America. It towers over the MV Leif Ericsson when they're in port next to each other. Saw it a few years ago docked at the Main Dock of the Sydney Port Authority rather than the Marine Atlantic dockyard. It was smaller than most cruise ships that come in. Seeing it in a different location really skewed my perspective.
I'd think it'd be like going to a regional airport and seeing a 737, they look huge compared to the Dash 8's and CRJ's. But when you see them at YYZ, next to the widebodies they seem so small.
Titanic was huge, and a spectacle for its time. It'd likely be luxurious today, and there are lots of luxury cruise companies out there where the ships are Titanic-ish size.
But yeah, stand it straight up, it'll blow your mind. It's just we're used to length not height.