So Overstreet and his partner, Alex Gorosh, decided to build a model that would accurately represent what the solar system actually looks like.

Their first project, To Scale: The Solar System, spanned seven miles in a dry lakebed in the Nevada desert in 2015.

We spent the time to research and plan our own installation, and it'll help you make the right decisions when you build out your own system.

A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.

Real world solar system models can be found in lots of places, the one that inspired us was the Maine solar system model. We originally tried to make something similar to this, but it was ...

A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.

Two filmmakers built what might be the first-ever scale model of the Solar System in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, and it spanned seven miles.

In just 36 hours, two filmmakers built the solar system to scale in the Nevada desert.