Orders of Magnitude
May 30, 2008 7:07 PM Subscribe
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.
The picture is a little pixelated, and you might need to turn up the volume a bit. It might just have been my connection.
Pfft, I could out-happy you with one hand tied behind my back.
posted by aubilenon at 9:37 PM on May 30, 2008
posted by aubilenon at 9:37 PM on May 30, 2008
That was awesome in the most literal sense.
Morgan Freeman turns it up to 11.
posted by Alex404 at 12:15 AM on May 31, 2008
Morgan Freeman turns it up to 11.
posted by Alex404 at 12:15 AM on May 31, 2008
Reminiscent of the 1997 film Powers of Ten [wikipedia].
posted by tomcooke at 3:19 AM on May 31, 2008
posted by tomcooke at 3:19 AM on May 31, 2008
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...
posted by fairmettle at 3:23 AM on May 31, 2008
posted by fairmettle at 3:23 AM on May 31, 2008
Feeling small or feeling big? 39 orders of magnitude that take you from the Milky Way to the proton in an oak leaf.
posted by languagehat at 5:56 AM on May 31, 2008
posted by languagehat at 5:56 AM on May 31, 2008
Like Powers of Ten, but 10 times slower.
posted by king walnut at 7:00 AM on May 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by king walnut at 7:00 AM on May 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
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.
posted by nax at 7:35 AM on May 31, 2008
posted by nax at 7:35 AM on May 31, 2008
Rip off of the classic Eames' 1977 short film...
...39 orders of magnitude....
Like Powers of Ten...
Thought I remembered that...
....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 10:28 AM on May 31, 2008
...39 orders of magnitude....
Like Powers of Ten...
Thought I remembered that...
....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 10:28 AM on May 31, 2008
Thanks for posting this. How fantastic it would be to see this on the IMAX screen.
posted by Curry at 10:46 AM on May 31, 2008
posted by Curry at 10:46 AM on May 31, 2008
Is there any way I can watch this in 3.6 minutes?
posted by Bokononist at 12:22 PM on May 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Bokononist at 12:22 PM on May 31, 2008 [1 favorite]
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