It's about 0.0000007 times as tall as The Golden Gate Bridge
In other words, 155.710 microns is 0.000000686 times the height of The Golden Gate Bridge, and the height of The Golden Gate Bridge is 1,460,000 times that amount.
(San Francisco, California and Marin County, California) (height above water)The height of each tower of Golden Gate Bridge is 227,000,000 microns 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 0.0000006 times as long as The QE2
In other words, 155.710 microns is 0.00000053 times the length of The QE2, and the length of The QE2 is 1,890,000 times that amount.
(a.k.a. RMS Queen Elizabeth 2)The QE2 has a total length of 294,000,000 microns. During its voyaging lifetime from 1969 through 2008, it travelled more than 9,600,000,000,000,000.000000000000000000 microns, the furthest cumulative distance by any ship in modern history.
It's about 0.0000005 times as tall as The Eiffel Tower
In other words, 155.710 microns is 0.000000481 times the height of The Eiffel Tower, and the height of The Eiffel Tower is 2,080,000 times that amount.
(a.k.a. La Tour Eiffel) (Paris, France) (to flagpole peak)The Eiffel Tower stands 324,000,000 microns 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 37,000,000 microns or less.
It's about 0.0000004 times as tall as The Empire State Building
In other words, 155.710 microns is 0.00000040868 times the height of The Empire State Building, and the height of The Empire State Building is 2,446,900 times that amount.
(New York City, New York) (to top of building)The Empire State Building stands 381,010,000 microns 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 102
It's about 0.0000004 times as tall as The Petronas Twin Towers
In other words, 155.710 microns is 0.0000003446 times the height of The Petronas Twin Towers, and the height of The Petronas Twin Towers is 2,902,000 times that amount.
(a.k.a. Menara Berkembar Petronas, a.k.a. Petronas Towers) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) (to spire)Each of the Petronas Towers stands 451,900,000 microns 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 115,000,000 microns deep.
It's about 0.0000003 times as tall as The Shanghai World Financial Center
In other words, 155.710 microns is 0.000000316 times the height of The Shanghai World Financial Center, and the height of The Shanghai World Financial Center is 3,160,000 times that amount.
(上海环球金融中 上海環球金融中心, Shànghǎi huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn) (a.k.a. SWFC) (Shanghai, China) (to spire)The Shanghai World Financial Center is 492,000,000 microns tall to its roof. It is home to both the world's highest hotel (on its 79th through 93rd floors) and the world's tallest observation deck (on its 100
It's about 0.0000003 times as tall as The Willis Tower
In other words, 155.710 microns is 0.000000299 times the height of The Willis Tower, and the height of The Willis Tower is 3,340,000 times that amount.
(a.k.a. Sears Tower) (Chicago, Illinois) (to antenna peak)The Willis Tower rises to about 520,000,000 microns 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 412,000,000 microns. |