Here are two really interesting graphics about the solar system by Roberto Ziche.

Scale Sizes of Planets, Orbits, and the Sun

One shows scale sizes of the Sun, planets, and orbits of planets while the other one shows how much sunlight reaches each planet. Can you say inverse square law?

Both are drawn in a good looking and visually easy to understand display. If that made any sense. Think of them as an uncluttered infographic??

Clicking on each graphic only displays a much lower resolution copy, I made, of the each graphic. The full-size images may be downloaded from the links below.

Using the Inverse Square Law Graphically

Click here to download the scale size graphic. (27 Mb)

Click here to download the amount of sunlight graphic. (6.7 Mb)