Comments on: Orders of Magnitude

Orders of Magnitude

Kronos_to_Earth — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:07:59 -0800

Leave the planet to travel into the largest structures of the universe, then plunge into the tiniest. Forty two orders of magnitude in thirty six minutes.... Cosmic Voyage. (single link Google video via)

The picture is a little pixelated, and you might need to turn up the volume a bit. It might just have been my connection.

By: furtive

furtive — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:24:53 -0800

Dude! You just made me the happiest guy on the internet. Thanks!

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:37:19 -0800

Pfft, I could out-happy you with one hand tied behind my back.

By: Alex404

Alex404 — Sat, 31 May 2008 00:15:48 -0800

That was awesome in the most literal sense. Morgan Freeman turns it up to 11.

By: tomcooke

tomcooke — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:19:57 -0800

Reminiscent of the 1997 film Powers of Ten [wikipedia].

By: fairmettle

fairmettle — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:23:36 -0800

Rip off of the classic Eames' 1977 short film Powers of Ten, which is itself a remake of their earlier (and imho superior) A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Film Dealing with the Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe from 1968, coincidentally the same year 2001: A Space Odyssey was released...

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:56:05 -0800

Feeling small or feeling big? 39 orders of magnitude that take you from the Milky Way to the proton in an oak leaf.

By: king walnut

king walnut — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:00:12 -0800

Like Powers of Ten, but 10 times slower.

By: nax

nax — Sat, 31 May 2008 07:35:40 -0800

With all due respect to Kronos, for whom I feel an almost sisterly affection (okay, exactly a sisterly affection), thanks languagehat. Thought I remembered that.

By: Kronos_to_Earth

Kronos_to_Earth — Sat, 31 May 2008 10:28:10 -0800

Rip off of the classic Eames' 1977 short film... ...39 orders of magnitude.... Like Powers of Ten... Thought I remembered that... ....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

By: Curry

Curry — Sat, 31 May 2008 10:46:45 -0800

Thanks for posting this. How fantastic it would be to see this on the IMAX screen.

By: Bokononist

Bokononist — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:22:00 -0800

Is there any way I can watch this in 3.6 minutes?