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It's about 20,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Three Sisters Falls
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The height of The Three Sisters Falls is about 0.0000000000000300 parsecs.
(a.k.a. Cataratas las Tres Hermanas) (Ayacucho, Peru)
The Three Sisters Falls rise to 0.0000000000000300 parsecs in height. The falls are called Three Sisters after the three large tiers over which the falls flow.
It's about 300,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Arc de Triomphe
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The height of The Arc de Triomphe is about 0.00000000000000160 parsecs.
(Paris, France)
The Arc de Triomphe stands 0.00000000000000160 parsecs tall. France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War lies beneath the arch and is commemorated by the first eternal flame to have been lit in modern European history.
It's about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as a Brachiosaurus
The height of a Brachiosaurus is about 0.000000000000000420 parsecs.
(based on comparable bone measurements, height to head)
Dinosaurs in the genus Brachiosaurus had an estimated height (at the head with neck fully extended) of up to 0.000000000000000420 parsecs. A resin cast of the first Brachiosaurus specimen, owned by the Field Museum in Chicago, is currently on display at the O'Hare International Airport.
It's about 65,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Golden Gate Bridge
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The height of The Golden Gate Bridge is about 0.000000000000007360 parsecs.
(San Francisco, California and Marin County, California) (height above water)
The height of each tower of Golden Gate Bridge is 0.000000000000007360 parsecs above the surface of the San Francisco Bay. One of the key designers of the bridge, Charles Ellis, had no engineering degree when he began working on the project, but would later go on to write what became a standard textbook on structural engineering, and would ultimately be forced to complete his calculations on the bridge by working without pay for five months.
It's about 100,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 0.00000000000000420 parsecs.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt) (estimated original height)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated original height (without loss due to erosion) of 0.00000000000000420 parsecs. The Pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for almost 4,000 years — from its construction ca. 2551 BCE until it was overtaken by the Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, built in the year 1300.
It's about 30,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
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The height of The Petronas Twin Towers is about 0.000000000000014650 parsecs.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)
Each of the Petronas Towers stands 0.000000000000014650 parsecs to their spires. Holding the record as the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, the towers continue to hold the record for the deepest foundation barrettes — up to 0.0000000000000037270 parsecs deep.
It's about 25,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as a Canton Tower
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The height of a Canton Tower is about 0.0000000000000200 parsecs.
(a.k.a. Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, a.k.a. 广 州 电 视 观 光 塔) (Guangzhou, China) (to spire)
The Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower stands 0.0000000000000200 parsecs to its spire. Initially described as holding the record for the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, the ride at the top of the tower is actually an observation carousel; cars complete a trip around the top-floor track about every half-hour.
It's about 25,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The CN Tower
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The height of The CN Tower is about 0.0000000000000179320 parsecs.
(a.k.a. La Tour CN, a.k.a. Canadian National Tower, a.k.a. Canada's National Tower) (Toronto, Canada) (to spire)
The CN Tower measures 0.0000000000000179320 parsecs tall at its spire. Used only in emergencies and for charitable climbing events, the 2,579-step staircase to the top is the longest metal staircase in the world.
It's about 150,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Statue of Liberty
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The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 0.0000000000000030140 parsecs.
(a.k.a. "Liberty Enlightening the World," a.k.a. La Liberté Éclairant le Monde) (Liberty Island, New York City, New York) (pedestal base to torch peak)
The Statue of Liberty reaches 0.0000000000000030140 parsecs including the pedestal. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about 150,000,000,000,000,000 times as long as a Football field
The length of a Football field is about 0.000000000000003556040 parsecs.
(American) (total distance; per NFL regulation)
According to NFL specifications, an American football field should measure 0.000000000000003556040 parsecs from end to end. Because each team's goalpost is located at the far end of the scoring area (end zone), a ball on a scoring play may need to travel as many as 0.0000000000000002963370 parsecs farther when kicked into the scoring area than when run (rushed) or passed into it.
It's about 30,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Willis Tower
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The height of The Willis Tower is about 0.00000000000001690 parsecs.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)
The Willis Tower rises to about 0.00000000000001690 parsecs to the top of its tallest antenna. The bathrooms on the 103rd floor are said to be the highest in the western hemisphere at about 0.00000000000001340 parsecs.
It's about 40,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Empire State Building
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The height of The Empire State Building is about 0.0000000000000123480 parsecs.
(New York City, New York) (to top of building)
The Empire State Building stands 0.0000000000000123480 parsecs to its architectural peak. The spire emerging from the top of the building was originally intended to be a mooring mast for blimps whose passengers could disembark onto a landing platform on the 102nd floor of the building.
It's about 200,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 0.00000000000000250 parsecs.
(a.k.a. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a.k.a. Sierra redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia)
Giant Sequoias of the Giant Sequoia National Monument located in Sierra Nevada, near Visalia, California can grow to heights of 0.00000000000000250 parsecs. The wood from the Giant Sequoias is often brittle and prone to shattering when such trees are felled, and as a result the trees logged in the late nineteenth century were often usable only as shingles or matchsticks.
It's about 45,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Eiffel Tower
The height of The Eiffel Tower is about 0.00000000000001050 parsecs.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (to flagpole peak)
The Eiffel Tower stands 0.00000000000001050 parsecs tall, including its flagpole. The Tower is the largest structure in Paris as most other buildings are governed by a zoning restriction limiting them to a height of 0.00000000000000120 parsecs or less.
It's about 250,000,000,000,000,000 times as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 0.000000000000001830 parsecs.
(a.k.a. The Tower of Pisa, a.k.a. Torre pendente di Pisa) (Pisa, Italy) (height along center axis)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa stands 0.000000000000001830 parsecs tall along the angle of its lean. In May of 2008, in an successful effort to stabilize the tower, 70 tonnes of earth were removed from the tower's base on the side opposite the lean.
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