How big are we?

[Will O The Wisp]

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the Answer (http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/)

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[Hagbard]

This is an adaption of the classic Eames office short film 'Powers of Ten'.

I highly reccomend picking the DVD up:

http://www.eamesoffice.com/catalog/detail.php?category=200&prod_id=239

I first saw this film as a kid, during an intermission when I went to see Superman.. It changed my life for sure..

[emef]

it all looks perty big, and its moving away from us as we type... bugger !

[databombers]

wow, the 'Powers of Ten', aint seen that for a while...

[Orang Utan]

I don't see anything but a grey box - do I need certain software to view it?

[wheezer]

java

[Orang Utan]

What's that? I guess I don't have it

[tania]

jeaz man! this is pretty drugs, innit? i totally tripped out!

[CHIP TRONIC]

woaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[animal night train]

cool.

[invisibleplanet]

this IS a really cool site: a must view :)

i recommend http://www.fourmilab.com/ for people who like satelite views of the earth!

[science_bee]

does that mean we really are quite small, if it's more orders of magnitude to the bigest thing we can think of than it is to the smallest thing....?

you can look at ll the satelites going round the earth at 1000 times realtime at;
http://science.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/3d/JTrack3D.html