Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe (1977)

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Powers of Ten and the Relative Size of Things in the Universe
1977
This version adds two powers of ten—a hundredfold increase—to each end of the journey into the universe, and to the return trip to the microstructure of the carbon atom in the human body. The site of the journey’s beginning was changed to a park bordering Chicago’s Lake Michigan, to allow the journey to approach the disk of the galaxy at approximate right angles. Powers of Ten was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”


I remember this being played at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Original Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww4gYNrOkkg
https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/powers-of-ten/

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