Posted on 12/04/2022 12:28:35 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: How different does the universe look on very small scales? On very large scales? The most famous short science film of its generation gives breathtaking comparisons. That film, Powers of Ten, originally created in the 1960s, has been officially posted to YouTube and embedded here. From a picnic blanket near Chicago out past the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies, every ten seconds the film zooms out to show a square a factor of ten times larger on each side. The 9-minute video then reverses, zooming back in a factor of ten every two seconds and ends up inside a single proton. The Powers of Ten sequence is actually based on the book Cosmic View by Kees Boeke in 1957, as is a similar but mostly animated film Cosmic Zoom that was also created in the late 1960s. The changing perspectives are so enthralling and educational that sections have been recreated using more modern computerized techniques, including the first few minutes of the movie Contact. Ray and husband Charles Eames, the film's creators, were known as quite visionary spirits and even invented their own popular chair.
Pinging the APOD list.
I feel sorry for them to zoom out so far and then have to come back to ChiCongo.
This reminds me of the late Shawn Lane’s Powers of Ten album. One of the great guitarists of all time.
I watched the video listening to his CD and it blends nicely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIPmeFRWhrg
Pluto is BACK IN THE GAME!
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