Happy Power of Ten Day
I remember seeing this film when I was a child at a science museum. It's still an intriguing study of scale.
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I remember seeing this film when I was a child at a science museum. It's still an intriguing study of scale.
Comments
Wow. Were you 10 when you saw it?
Posted by: Purple | October 10, 2006 10:33 AM
Actually, I just checked the Wikipedia entry and the film is dated 1977 so I was 10 when it was produced. I probably didn't see it until later though.
Posted by: ironic1 | October 10, 2006 10:42 AM
I did not drink nearly enough before I watched that.
Posted by: Dzargul | October 10, 2006 10:45 AM
1) I miss Pluto
2) what no Oort Cloud?
3) Lot of empty space
4) I wonder where those people are now?
Posted by: edgeways | October 10, 2006 03:53 PM
Here's another, interactive, version:
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
Posted by: -Berv | October 10, 2006 07:24 PM