Orders of magnitude for distance in meters

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NOTE:  There are some "invisible hot spots" along the distance chart.  When clicked they will take you to a picture in the appropriate size range.  If you are looking at this page with a class, be sure they go up & down looking for hot spots.  This can lead to questions like what "order of magnitude is a red blood cell, a white blood cell, etc.

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