What it would look like if 7.2bn population were dumped into Grand Canyon
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If you took all the world's population and dumped them into the Grand Canyon they wouldn't fill a fraction of it.
In fact the 7.2 billion people would only form a comparatively tiny pile - as shown in this fascinating mock-up image.
The graphic was put together by YouTube channel Vsauce, which juxtaposed the population alongside the famous deep canyon by the Colorado River - situated in Arizona in the United States.
Apparently, even all of humanity throughout history, across all the ages - estimated to be 106 billion - would only be enough to make 15 piles across the Grand Canyon and not sufficient to cover its entirety.
The Grand Canyon National Park receives around five million visitors a y ear, 90 per cent of whom travel to the South Rim, which has an average elevation of 7,000ft.
If you took all the world's population and dumped them into the Grand Canyon they wouldn't fill a fraction of it. In fact the 7.2 billion people would only form a comparatively tiny pile - as shown in this fascinating mock-up image
The graphic was put together by YouTube channel Vsauce, which juxtaposed the population alongside the famous deep steep sided canyon by the Colorado River - situated in Arizona in the United States
Apparently, even all of humanity throughout history, across all the ages - estimated to be 106 billion - would only be enough to make fifteen piles across the Grand Canyon and not sufficient to cover its entirety
Nature in all its glory: Tourists take it all in at the Grand Canyon Skywalk. The park receives close to five million visitors a year
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