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The Relative Scale of the Universe.... in Factors of Ten watch!

ca.youtube.com — Powers of Ten is a 1977 short documentary film written and directed by Ray Eames and her husband, Charles Eames. The film depicts the relative scale of the Universe in factors of ten. In 1998, Powers of Ten was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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  • CenturionMonkey, on 08/17/2008, -1/+86as old as the internet, but just as cool so il'll digg it gladly.
  • tastynuggets, on 08/17/2008, -1/+41I am small.
  • smashingmonkey, on 08/17/2008, -1/+38Makes you feel so... sort of insignificant, doesn't it?



    Can we have your liver then?
  • Kalani, on 08/18/2008, -1/+33This video never ceases to amaze.
  • xekko, on 08/18/2008, -17/+45Does there have to be a reason? That's like asking what is the meaning of, say, green? It doesn't make any sense to ask that question, it just is! Green doesn't have a meaning, a purpose, a reason to be, it just is. Same with the universe, life.

    Or if you can't cope with that, kid yourself that God invented it all.
  • PWoT, on 08/18/2008, -2/+30An incredibly NSFW parody:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riW0wQd5z2M&e
  • inactive, on 08/18/2008, -0/+22I wish they would have kept zooming out. I was hungry for more.
  • inactive, on 08/18/2008, -3/+21What the ***** is the universe? I mean all of it, why is it there at all?
  • Miamisun, on 08/18/2008, -1/+19I half expected to see us on the collar of orion the cat
  • tattertech, on 08/18/2008, -0/+17Reminds me of Animaniacs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_J5rBxeTIk
  • asauterChicago, on 08/18/2008, -1/+14http://maddox.xmission.com/keyboard4.jpg
  • damack, on 08/18/2008, -0/+13I've seen this video numerous times but I still rewatch it every chance I get, its amazing.
  • SoundJudgment, on 08/18/2008, -0/+12So after watching that film, does it suddenly really matter if the Waitress brought you mixed-veggies instead of the peas you ordered to your dinner table??
  • scoot2006, on 08/18/2008, -1/+12What are you, a philosophy major? That was terrible.
  • woflox, on 08/18/2008, -0/+9No, the idea behind the powers of 10, that the sizes of things increase exponentially, and each level is similar.

    If anyone is interested, Will Wright talks about it in this interview.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/aug03/pc ...
  • woflox, on 08/18/2008, -2/+11This was the main inspiration for Spore.
  • atgmac, on 08/18/2008, -0/+9"...1 trillion meters. Known in the scientific community as a ***** of meters. This term was coined by astrophysicist Johan ***** in 1941."
  • AnotherDiggGuy, on 08/18/2008, -0/+8Excellent video. The zooming out is good for being made without modern day CGI; the zooming in is a little sketchy but still good.
  • nerdzero, on 08/17/2008, -1/+9That is crazy!!!
  • seantubridy, on 08/18/2008, -0/+8One thing that is also amazing in it's own right is that this was made without computers!
  • Mallhew, on 08/18/2008, -0/+8This is actually OLDER than the internet.

    Everyone should still take a look, though.
  • fquednau, on 08/18/2008, -1/+9WTF?!

    Google says:
    1 light-year in metres: 1 light-year = 9.4605284 × 10^15 meters
    1 light-year in feet: 1 light-year = 3.1038479 × 10^16 feet

    So what's metric about that? You do measure years in years in the US, don't you?

    Geez, the education these days...
  • jfran, on 08/18/2008, -11/+19great when baked
  • Scynet, on 08/18/2008, -1/+9Here's one on star scales that isn't actually as known as some similar ones.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gefOgPoH7yE
  • urgeigh, on 08/18/2008, -1/+9No, but it does matter when taco bell forgets to give me my damn sauce!
  • Jhiaxuz, on 08/18/2008, -0/+7Probably because it is pointless and we are merely here by luck.
  • norle, on 08/18/2008, -0/+7Oh, alright...you talked me into it.
  • Renster84, on 08/18/2008, -0/+7My pants?
    i swear, i just had my pants on...

    whats happening to me?
  • lennybird, on 08/18/2008, -1/+8I'm not religious at all, but going by your own analogy, replace green with God - and it still works. So either your analogy is false, or your beliefs are in conflict.
  • greendalek, on 08/18/2008, -0/+7Talk about your Total Perspective Vortex... sheesh...
  • zebragrrl, on 08/18/2008, -0/+7some men would be too ashamed to admit that.
  • svensksvamp, on 08/18/2008, -0/+6thank god
  • arlok789, on 08/18/2008, -0/+6Universal Mind ***** ENGAGE. I hate thinking about this kind of stuff because it makes life as we know it seem ever more pointless.
  • inactive, on 08/18/2008, -2/+8Quantum solace.
  • xirtap, on 08/18/2008, -0/+6That's true, but I haven't seen it in that quality before. Awesome, truly awesome video.

    ps: http://youtube.com/get_video?video_id=41gWUkVQ-9U& ...
  • Sage920, on 08/18/2008, -0/+6I remember seeing a newer version of this called Cosmic Voyage made for IMAX (narrated by Morgan Freeman of course).

    There's also a different one narrated by Patrick Stewart.

    This is probably the best of the three, though.
  • bjs3171, on 08/18/2008, -0/+6uh, no, actually it's way older than the internet.
  • zosoIV, on 08/18/2008, -0/+6Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
    And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour.
  • GeorgeStone2, on 08/18/2008, -0/+5Yeah. Been on digg a few times but I always watch it.
    Dugg.
  • xekko, on 08/18/2008, -0/+5If you download Celestia you can get an interactive version of this video, a bit like Google Earth but for the whole galaxy: http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
  • Vurk, on 08/18/2008, -0/+542.
  • norle, on 08/18/2008, -1/+6I actually have the book "Powers of Ten" which has each of these pictures in it on nice glossy pages.
  • inactive, on 08/18/2008, -1/+6Neither does the modern remake: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=riW0wQd5z2M&feature= ...
    "Ten million million meters, also known as a ***** of meters"
    "One hundred trillion meters, our cameraman has long since asphyxiated from the lack of oxygen"
  • nick1971, on 08/18/2008, -6/+10If the right wing of the christian church are really to believe that the Genesis creation story is true and that man is alone in the universe then I'd have to say 2 things.
    Number 1, way to go god you really worked your guts out on days 1-5 shame about the lack of carry through on day 6.
    Number 2 a quick reminder god there is a hell of a lot of empty real estate out there. Fancy another go hopefully you can improve your game with humanity mark 2.
  • seantubridy, on 08/18/2008, -0/+4I meant "its"!
  • mechfluff, on 08/18/2008, -0/+4NO, NO it doesn't.
  • zombiecarlin, on 08/18/2008, -0/+4I was being sarcastic ffs.
  • LeviTheSmith, on 08/18/2008, -0/+4Maybe our Universe is just an Atom that is a part of a mans hand who is having a picnic and his Universe is an Atom that is..
  • inactive, on 08/18/2008, -2/+6No, you are BIG!
  • inactive, on 08/18/2008, -0/+4This one is as old as the internet but slightly better. You start off from afar.
    http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopt ...
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