I can see for nanometers and nanometers

February 6, 2004 9:36 AM

Zooooooooom. Videos of common objects zoomed seemlessly to the near-atomic level. [RealVideo with audio commentary]
posted by gwint (9 comments total)

"Beyond this, nothing more is visible-- for the moment!"
posted by gwint at 9:36 AM on February 6, 2004

Really great. Thanks gwint -- I sent that to some very interesting people [grin].
posted by digaman at 9:48 AM on February 6, 2004

That's really cool. And who woulda thunk that there would be a "distant windstorm" sound associated with zooming in. Works, though. Thanks, gwint!
posted by squirrel at 10:02 AM on February 6, 2004

wow! spectacular.
posted by spidre at 10:03 AM on February 6, 2004

reminds me of "Powers of Ten". Anyone know where I can get a copy of that to show my daughter?
posted by Pericles at 10:21 AM on February 6, 2004

Nice images, but the metallurgical commentary for the steel one is fairly crap: "... a particle of steel called dendrite. An alloy of iron and carbon, dendrite is found in all solid matter that crystallises on cooling: steel, aluminium and even snowflakes. When cooled rapidly, steel increases in strength, a process called tempering ..."
posted by raygirvan at 10:33 AM on February 6, 2004

Anyone know where I can get a copy of that to show my daughter?

Powers of 10 Products.

I bought the VHS years ago. It's great.
posted by gwint at 10:36 AM on February 6, 2004

Pericles - Powers of 10 online here
posted by contessa at 10:39 AM on February 6, 2004

What an amazing journey. Only complaint is the video quality would like to see it on DVD or HDTV.
posted by stbalbach at 2:11 PM on February 6, 2004