Can You See the Universe in Powers of 10?

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The discussion centers around the website inspired by the short film "Powers of Ten," which explores the vastness of the universe and the microscopic world through a zooming effect. Users appreciate the concept of getting lost in the scale of both large and small dimensions. The original film begins with a close-up of a sleeping man's hand and progressively zooms out to cosmic scales, then reverses to zoom in on subatomic particles. Participants express enthusiasm for such visual explorations and mention similar educational materials from their past. Overall, the website is recognized for its engaging representation of scientific concepts.
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Pretty neat viewing, Enigma.
I never saw the movie, but liked how one could get lost within largeness or smallness.
 
What movie?
 
There is a short film called "Powers of Ten".

It has the same basic idea as the website, except it started out looking at a sleeping man's hand in a park in Chicago. It then zoomed out one power of ten every ten seconds all the way out to the galactic strings. It then turned around and zoomed back in at one power of ten per second until it was looking at the guys hand again. Once there, it zoomed in all the way down to protons/quarks at one power of ten/ten seconds.
 
cool :) going to hang that website in the lab
 
Hehe i love these kinds of movies...There was a book a long long time ago our teacher showed us that had it zooming in all the time..yeah..
 

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