Powers of Ten™ (1977)

Powers of Ten takes us on an adventure in magnitudes. Starting at a picnic by the lakeside in Chicago, this famous film transports us to the outer edges of the universe. Every ten seconds we view the starting point from ten times farther out until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light among many others. Returning to Earth with breathtaking speed, we move inward- into the hand of the sleeping picnicker- with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. Our journey ends inside a proton of a carbon atom within a DNA molecule in a white blood cell. POWERS OF TEN © 1977 EAMES OFFICE LLC (Available at www.eamesoffice.com)

[@alexanderkulakov1345]

Everyone has noticed different aspects of this video, but nobody has noticed that this guy has been putting hearts under the comments for 10 years. I think this is the true Power of Ten. ✊👏💖

[@ok1025]

Wait, how

[@adigyran]

and he is the original author, cool

[@kennarajora6532]

@G E T R E K T 905 he probably wasn't trying to fool you. He said 10 years because the video released in 2010.

[@payableondeath9091]

🤣

[@MrSpragueMikuHatsune]

its because this video is way popular than the rest of his videos

[@asiaforbes9373]

My mom, Wendy Vanguard, is the artist who painted all of the close up frames of skin cells, etc :) She has the coolest stories working directly with Ray Eames.

[@mjohnson1741]

Awesome!

[@chelsea747]

Cool!

[@mikefink5847]

a big thank you to her!

[@Miguel-nr9kh]

It would be very interesting to hear these stories.

[@kumozumo]

your mom is so cool

[@TheInvisibleCactusYT]

Respects to the Camera Man for flying into the depths of space and the deepest parts of an atom to make this incredible video

[@stannousflouride683]

It was Ray Palmer, The Atom, after he retired from DC Comics.

[@kennethamon1406]

Maybe it was a woman

[@dragonmanover9000]

@@kennethamon1406 bruh 😐

[@praire3530]

You’re so unfunny and you don’t even know it

[@MarieEveBisson]

😂

[@gigir1310]

We're still being assigned this video in university in 2022! It's amazing how powerful it is to be able to visualize these numbers. Takes it from something you can't wrap your head around to a breathtaking idea!

[@daniellekrin]

You were assigned a video to watch. In 2001 we had to watch a crazy-haired Mr. Bean lookalike wearing a sweater vest sucking on Altoids trying to hide the fact that he snuck outside to smoke on our lunch break get excited over this. What he was trying to say sunk in later and stuck. But THAT experience was a more powerful message than what the intended message was at the time and why it stuck. I’m willing to bet you won’t remember watching this video in 10 years.

[@phantomunleashed3289]

@@daniellekrin my professor was insanely excited about this video; it was assigned to us but we watched it in class. I'm sure I'll remember this video in 10 years, but not because of my professor. This video is intensely fascinating, and provides an interesting perspective on our lives. I'm sure it was fun in 2001 but we can still have fun in the big ol year of 2023 :)

[@daniellekrin]

@@phantomunleashed3289 I was suggesting that a man whom got excited over basically nothing got excited over [the idea] and for good reason. I don’t know about you, but in early high school we were definitely not yet capable of understanding anything other than the world was ours.

[@miltonperezcardozo9831]

We’re still being assigned this video in university in 2023!

[@congyuning9853]

It's almost the end of 2023 and yet we're still watching it at uni!

[@donaldbarrett4454]

I was working at Pyramid Films in 1977. Everybody who screened this nine minute film agreed it would become a classic. And so it has.....

[@djmips]

This film was actually a remake. The original was in 1968 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZeYqZKah7B8fJY

[@globalgogetter4469]

TOTAL Classic

[@Emporator]

After reading it was nine minutes long I checked - didn’t feel like nine minutes. Felt like three. Absolutely incredible presentation. Hard to believe it was made in 1977.

[@blip666]

How old are you now sir 😅

[@SomePotato]

@@djmips Wow, I never knew there was a previous version. Thanks.

[@Chunchunchunmaru]

the fact that this wasmade in 1977 blows my mind, imagine what could be done with today's technology, someone should make a new version of this!

[@Chunchunchunmaru]

indeed

[@Chunchunchunmaru]

nukemonk more zoom in and out, better quality i dont know

[@p00rstr94]

+weloca Harald Lesch is my Favorite Professor :D (im german btw)

[@weloca1985]

P00rStr94 Meiner auch :D

[@Andrews9074]

+Marty McFly Watch Morgan freeman's talk on the cosmos. Talks about this, quite amazing!

[@baconfacejugs4017]

I’m watching this for class right now but I might just have to rewatch in a different state of mind

[@8s343]

exactly what i was thinking lol

[@bryanramirez5853]

on god

[@artemis_6037]

Same lol

[@harambetidepod1451]

Blaze it my dudes

[@closet-rf5vz]

me too

[@markleeracing]

I first watched this movie in 1980 when I was 8 years old and in 3rd grade, then several times in the school years that followed, then again today. I always looked forward to watching this film, and was excited when the teachers fired up the projector and announced that it would be shown. If I hadn't been shown this film, I likely would have chosen a different path for my life. Thank you to the producers of this film!

[@FabianBS]

Wow...!

[@miriamw.2278]

Agreed. I feel it also changed and is still changing my life

[@abelarvizu2898]

What a great comment

[@astrodug]

I also first saw this in 1980. But I was 20. It blew my mind. It's probably the reason I have an observatory in my back yard and take photos of space with my telescopes.

[@axis4813]

“The distance a man can run in 10 seconds” I think you highly overestimate me

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

CrazyShadow He said man.

[@masonhunter2748]

I think you are a god compared to me

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

"A man" doesn't mean every man. There exists a man who can do that, therefore, A man can run 100 meters in 10 seconds. It's like if I said a penny is in my pocket, and you complained that you were in possession of a penny that was not in my pocket, but my statement was still a true statement because it doesn't require every penny in the universe to be in my pocket.

[@tnrc75]

I failed the audition too lol

[@papushad]

@@tnrc75 NO

[@maxmalten7749]

physics is a hell of a drug

[@getredytagetredy]

Do you do drugs?

[@cosmonaut42]

Max Malten epic, sure it is.

[@CrystalDragon907]

Max Malten you should put that on T shirt and sell it!

[@Karackal]

As a physicist, I can confirm this statement.

[@NedBoukharine]

@@Karackal, I concur here.

[@PauleyDucati]

A science teacher showed us this in high school in probably 2002. I have dealt with an obscene amount of negative experiences in life and this video ALWAYS makes me feel better instantly. I wish I could thank whoever decided to produce this video giving the science a visual representation.

[@lunaspearitz1948]

I wish I had seen it in high school in 2002! It's a fantastic meditation for people who "can't do meditation"! A good exercise in healthy detachment. This is definitely a science video, but I see the spirituality in everything and this pretty much solidifies a lot of what I be talking about in a quick non-preachy visual.

[@spencermack9023]

You are not alone.

[@jasons8479]

Happy for you that this helps you feel better! It is an amazingly powerful and yet beautiful film indeed. Hope that things improve in your life!

[@boawo]

Very interesting. Never thought it had a spiritual angle but you know it dies out things in perspective. We and our problems are very small compared to this universe, yet they seem so big.

[@D.A.99740]

When I was a little kid they showed this on loop at my local science museum. I was absolutely glued to it; I still think it's one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen.

[@spencermack9023]

Me too! National Air and Space museum?

[@D.A.99740]

@@spencermack9023 California Academy of Sciences.

[@narishbeatle]

I first saw this at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley.

[@keithstewart9890]

Me too

[@marcusruffner2674]

@@D.A.99740 Looks like we have the same childhood!

[@AgentXPQ]

I love the fact that the guy who wrote the music for this also scored "Airplane!" and "Animal House".

[@harrisonspiteri8729]

Hey Lev, cool seeing you here.

[@AgentXPQ]

@@harrisonspiteri8729 Hey Yax. Yeah, I really love this film.

[@coreycox2345]

The spooky music was a proxy for everything I don't understand that scares me (ie. math), Tales of Mere Existence. Those Eames were visionaries of reality. Airplane and Animal House were scored by two different musicians.

[@gavinrosengarten7105]

No way! Who woulda thought!

[@doubleghod]

and The

[@wiiu42]

This is so much cooler than powers of one.

[@Kanibulus]

best anime

[@nikolanahirni5093]

@Neil Verma It's neither jojo nor anime.

[@shaneschofield6303]

It's orders of magnitude better.

[@joefronk767]

@Neil Verma based shitter get ucke

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

Funny thing, there was an episode of Star Trek, the original series, where Scotty sets up a device to amplify sounds, and he announces that the thing has an amplification factor of 1 to the 10th power or something.

[@sehejjohar5062]

My dad is a philosophy nerd and spoke to me about the world with wonder in his voice. He showed me this video, as well as many other classics, before the age of 7. Now I am watching it for class as a 22-year-old. Funny how many things dad showed me when I was young that my college professors require their students to watch now.

[@jackflash128]

I DID THE SAME WITH MY SONS. THIS IS REALLY A SPARK FOR THE SPIRIT.

[@antoinedujardin]

May I ask you what are the others classics please ?

[@jackflash128]

@@antoinedujardin this is one of the best, but if you google powers of ten videos you will have a choice. i saw my 1st in the wonderful metaphysical year of 2012. it also started in Chicago but was a little better.

[@stevenryczko2458]

There is a cool one about ATP synthesis where all of the parts of the cell are anamated with awesome CG. If I had seen that in high school ( missed it by 10 years) I would have been in chemistry right now.

[@donaldculp3759]

I remember this being shown to us in 1977. I was a sophomore in HS. I was already on a science track and this film solidified my love of chemistry and astronomy. A classic that has stood the test of time!

[@Silversmok3]

"Ten and forty zeros!" Wait,how'd this guy in 1977 know my student loan balance?

[@nacho6603]

KingDraw200404204925

[@nacho6603]

Wee&wii Werty

[@coemcoem7070]

Curious indeed

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

Why would you rack up a debt that you can't discharge and you can never pay off? It would have been far better for you to have gotten a mcjob after high school. Granted I wasted 5 years in college too, but at least I wouldn't have done it if it wasn't dirt cheap at a state school.

[@PKWI587]

One and forty zeros

[@JoshuaFagan]

As my AP Physics teacher once said: "Don't do drugs, do physics."

[@thedirtbagstash]

Enough of either amounts to a similar experience.

[@LynaGalliara]

This video made me think of all the times I've heard people say their trips have made them aware of these patterns

[@anonymousmobster2444]

Fuck that. Weed is great.

[@tvchilltime]

Absolutely true

[@brandonkelusky2493]

I'm literally stoned while watching this.

[@morgansowell3881]

45 years old and still the best illustration of the concept and an amazing viewing experience!

[@xavierayayaell546]

I'm 45 too. Can't believe this was made the year I was born.

[@Forestgray007]

32 and found this today on my own. Amazing!

[@patriciaketcham7671]

I'm going to show this video for my granddaughter's tenth birthday. She's very very mathematical and has understandings far beyond her years. I also love that IBM was a partner in this (and my dad worked for IBM from the 1950's through 1983. ) Happy birthday, Bea...you're ten and you're powerful!

[@phillyfan3942]

The 1970's feels like a time when such respect and appreciation of art was considered... creating a viewable piece of art was a privilege and honor, it shows in these older films... It was never a way to make a quick living but rather a way to showcase skill and ability

[@moeskido]

Not to mention a properly-funded public education.

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

I think it's more like, they had more time to do it right and think about what they were doing, because the tools they had to use made it take a lot longer, and they also had a lot less competition for doing it, so they had a lot more motivation to do it well too, and THAT'S why the finished product is so much classier.

[@tnrc75]

Social media has made everyone too self-conscious, pressured to make content and keep subscribers happy.

[@scepticalchymist]

We lost 40 powers of quality and style since then :)

[@richardgibson8403]

scepticalchymist how are we not just lines?????

[@killermotth]

Who else watch this for a school assignment in 2020

[@HurricaneJahya]

#Onlineschool

[@ivaporizedmitski]

@@HurricaneJahya yeh

[@da4el334]

you

[@killermotth]

@@da4el334 well duh

[@lolitsleo4370]

Me I’m in a quarantine assignment right now

[@customdev1498]

Everyone: Going into space without a helmet is impossible *The cameraman:*

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

He didn't have to hold his breath for THAT long. The impressive thing is that he also continued talking through it that whole time.

[@customdev1498]

@@medexamtoolsdotcom 🔺👁

[@holysmokes4493]

Cameraman OP

[@francisconieves7330]

i guess the opposite will do him nicely

[@eugenegauggel1000]

This helps put everything into perspective. Next time I get upset over something or react negatively to someone's affront, I will remember this video and get a proper perspective. That ought to do it...... One of my teachers in India used to respond to a person's woes by sitting on the floor while looking at a poster of the night sky, showing galaxies and distant stars. He would point his finger to some little point on the poster and say, "We are right about here." Then after a minute or two he would ask that person, "Now do you have any other problems?"

[@sirdiealot53]

love it

[@thuccie]

the music is so spooky

[@mystic_manguusss5628]

The fact that every tenth power gets displayed as real life tiny events like how far a person can run, and where the boats are docked. Its just very impressive, and amazing.

[@wyoaqjuuvn6420]

Oh my god, how did they make all the visuals for this in 1977! so insane. Making this with today's user-friendly graphical programs would still be no small task.

[@Ulexcool]

Comments like this is why nobody like zoomers.

[@amremotewatching]

I remember this very film being shown at school in about 1978 .. and it triggered a certain scientific fascination that influenced the direction I took into my eventual career. Amazing to see it again !

[@angiehopwood72]

Watched this video in high school math class in the '80's, and I loved it then! Now I am a math teacher, and I still love it!

[@rl2552]

Angie Hopwood a *hot* math teacher

[@jennysesta2007]

so great!

[@neonmajora8454]

@@rl2552 lol

[@martinpribula3665]

I watched it 4 years ago in High School´s Physics class, and one day I am gonna be saying the same thing as you!

[@ruthpanther4379]

Me too. Well, not a maths teacher - but saw it in 80s as a kiddie and, along with Isaac Asimov science fact books etc., it prompted my lifelong interest in science, astronomy, cosmology. Fantastic. A bit clunky of course.I was looking at the history a while back and see it was inspired by some even clunkier, earlier stuff - "Cosmic View". Some links below on the trail there in case interested; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers_of_Ten_(film) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_View www.vendian.org/mncharity/cosmicview/ GP

[@Sam-xd9xt]

Great piece of education.They should do a 2017 version. Since 1977 new discoveries of subatomic particles have been made.

[@N0M4dIC1RST]

Not only is it complete madness, it has nothing to do with the subject at hand.

[@Sam-xd9xt]

Numitron I removed that guys comment. I couldn't make sense of it.

[@getredytagetredy]

Sam ...so...something you dont understand you destroy...You sound like you were trained as an indoctrinated corporate statist in America...Am i getting warm?

[@Sam-xd9xt]

+getredytagetredy No, I'm into the energy business. Look, I'm also a anti-globalist. Also, this subject is irrelevant.

[@getredytagetredy]

Sam ...Ill close the door gently then...

[@goldsaturn1436]

Major respect for the camera man who flew all the way outside of our galactic supercluster and then into a single proton

[@apertureinfog]

Huge shoutout to the production team on this video. Really spectacular for 1977!

[@countgrishnackh4932]

Movie from 1977, ladies and gentlemen. 1977.

[@bfdidc6604]

The same year that brought us Star Wars. Coincidence?

[@GummyYT]

yes

[@bfdidc6604]

Gummy Yes. It was a coincidence.

[@SinoMelo]

The absolute proof that humanity is kept stupid on purpose.

[@SinoMelo]

Through the schooling system, media, stress, etc.

[@AnatuGreen]

This makes me feel SO SMALL and then SO BIG

[@getjoshnow]

That's what she's said

[@Wewereneveryoung]

I still just feel small

[@fenfox]

Physics is drugs

[@payableondeath9091]

makes me like 🐌

[@cottncorp320]

Yo how this more entertaining than a movie

[@youknowlucas]

movies are extremely entertaining. you need to fill your glass with movies and take a hearty gulp my friend. earthly delights await you. GULP GULP GULP *takes a swig of LIFE* - Stanly Rubik's

[@roberrman9918]

This was part of an exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. I remember its impact even as a young child. Sobering dose of reality in the universe.

[@jamesodonnell4771]

I had my first panic attack watching this video cause I felt like my mind expanded with the video and I could actually sense the scale of everything.. I've matured since then so it doesn't bother me anymore, in fact this video is amazing, but I pride this as the beginning of my spiritual awakening

[@theKbott]

+James O'Donnell This is panic inducing indeed.

[@MsLipsticklover]

+James O'Donnell Panic is always the beginning of awakening..i know the feeling

[@obliteron]

That's beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[@seandafny]

Wow

[@kenneththomas2706]

James O'Donnell did u feel it physically?

[@T1Earn]

Thats a really good camera.. whats the zoom on it?

[@botanicalvideo7686]

i believe is 10x

[@HarvoSpoon]

wow :o it must've taken a very strong throw to get it up to the 24th power of 10! with modern strength training, we could throw it up to the 69th and see *joe who*

[@jaystiller5644]

10^41 *edit: sorry it would be 10^40

[@greg98]

so much

[@LochyP]

Oh only 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000X zoom

[@jaxn02]

who knew that a picnic could take us all the way to the edge of space then into the hand of the sleeping dude?

[@blip666]

Not at the edge but to the limit of our vision

[@jaxn02]

@@blip666 well, true

[@JohnSmith-vr9if]

Back in the ‘70s, this was impressive technology. It still is effective for learning.

[@tnrc75]

Indeed - I've recommended this so many times over the last 10 years.

[@filmbuster2619]

It still is pretty impressive

[@NeoAmericanRealism]

This is just one of the best films ever made hands down.

[@wqsabi]

My head exploded.

[@ahmadmoussa3771]

Why the fuck did i create all this crap...

[@QED_]

+Flareman229: I'm not sure whether watching it on drugs makes it better . . . or worse.

[@ahmadmoussa3771]

Seena Kakar And me bless them they did so! #yolo (not in my case though)

[@zacharyantonio9495]

+Seena Kakar Jesus was not Christian, instead Jewish.

[@blaqshiep4920]

Rip

[@traveler-vii]

Finally, I've found this forgotten chunk of my memory.

[@francisconieves7330]

wait hold on how many males are commenting here beside me?

[@swaggerx3795]

Nobody: Me: vibing to the music in the beginning

[@packerman7410]

overused ass joke, get creative

[@zarrowthehorse]

Nobody memes are dead

[@Bluebirdfalling]

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAAA AAHAHAHHHAHAHHAAHHAAAA that was so great. gotta love that whole nobody thing. just epic.

[@RayBowers]

I remember this from when I was a kid and watched it at the National Air and Space Museum. I love it!

[@BlueCollarPhilosoper]

skweeds: There's an updated 1996 version narrated by Morgan Freeman called Cosmic Voyage. It's on KZbin. Not much is different in the new version except for showing the superclusters of galaxies.

[@larissasdaddy]

That’s where I first saw it. Late 70’s in junior high.

[@Tourian]

They showed us this video in college and it changed my life. Made in 1977!!

[@liftpenguin]

This is what they mean when they say 'if it aint broke, don't fix it' I watched this video in middle school and high school when my teachers showed it to me Now I teach middle and high school and share it as much as I can with my students. :) one of the best videos on the internet of all time!

[@janinejackson3094]

I saw this in High School, still gives me goosebumps today! I remember a large book of the movie, each page taking you further out and further in. It had such an impact on me, it blew my tiny brain!! So pleased to have found it again.

[@sallysmackface8098]

I first saw this as a film student in the early '90's. I've never seen space explained so logically or elegantly. A powerful film, a defining testament to the ties which bond us all.

[@ThePS4Gamer2014]

Pretty good for 1977

[@ogloc636]

'pretty'

[@ijulesy]

extremely*

[@RichardM-kv4uu]

Star Wars came out in 1977, and that still holds up well, it wasn't as primitive as you might think back then, they even had computers!

[@CarlosGavilanez]

are you crazy?this is more contemporary than ever.

[@hotelmario510]

The book laying to the side of the sleeping man is "The Voices of Time" by J. G. Ballard, the title story of which is about entropy and inner space.

[@earthling_parth]

I expected the comments to be flooded with - "CGP Grey's director's commentary sent me here"

[@ThomasBaxter]

The music is always my favourite part of watching this.

[@starstonedband659]

It is fantastic !!

[@bakkiepleur9674]

sah dude

[@Striker925.]

ehhhahaha Suh girl

[@bakkiepleur9674]

ehhh dude

[@getredytagetredy]

Elmer toking one hitter on Hammond B3 and a mini Moog...Thru an Echoplex... plex...

[@KevinWalltheoriginal]

This is one of my favorite videos of all time. I still vividly remember watching it in school as a child and how profoundly it affected my world view. Now I get to share it with my kids. Awesome!

[@hubertblainewolfeschlegels2066]

it's so weird thinking about how small we are in this whole universe

[@PadsterX]

it's also very soothing

[@akielsteewart8577]

i mean of course you'll look small if you keep zooming out

[@Nnm26]

Or how big we are

[@tvchilltime]

Also how we are not really physical matter at all, at our most basic fundamental core we and everything around us is energy in a state of vibration / frequency. As a child I thought all matter would simply be made up of just smaller bits of solid matter, I was blown away when I learned what atoms and particles really were. How can you group billions of intangible energy particles together and its feels like solid matter to us. Physics is amazing.

[@Iron-Jupiter]

Surprisingly we are in incredibly big too, compared to the smallest things at the floor of the universe. So big that we are closer to the size of the observable universe is closer to use than the plank length.

[@peppermann]

Wow. I remember seeing this over 40 years ago. It is still as mind blowing at age 54 as it was when I was 10. 😊👍

[@tes-uu9sf]

The Eames' were such amazing people; a "married" couple, and Progressive innovators to boot! They each and together personified the definition of renaissance men/women! I'm afraid most people today -- tragically-- have no idea who they were, or, what they were so famously celebrated for?!

[@hannahkirchner1656]

A great book for anyone interested is "Sizing Up the Universe." And I used this film to show my grade 6 son why powers of 10 was important to understand. It was a "woah" moment.

[@drapeblind]

One of the best educational films ever made, and one of the best art films ever made. Just splendid.

[@urmilabohora4024]

Any one in 2024.

[@htayyar]

That’s me just watched this for the first time.

[@richakapoor1]

ye

[@Censtudios]

That speed of light line (in 1 second) is so interesting. Kinda shows you how slow that is still compared to the size of the universe (or how big the universe is compared to it)

[@seandafny]

Not slow at all if u factor in time dilation its still infinitely fast

[@alansmithee419]

@@seandafny only from its own perspective, not an external viewpoint.

[@INTJIsland]

Censtudios- It also shows the box we are in unless we find a way around the "speed of light" speed limit. Most of the universe is way beyond our reach.

[@wardomedet]

coursera brought me here

[@FreddyIndraWiryadi]

Thanks Dr. Robert Bilder

[@coach_harshad]

same case with me :-)

[@helivillarreal8765]

you are not alone :)

[@niruneeraj1]

Mine too...Thanks Dr Robert Bilder

[@abaybekbaganbetov7023]

Hehe)

[@maggi_knorr]

I'm leaving a comment for all the people who will come here because of CGP Grey

[@sam.tastic]

oh hello

[@Kittyreaper]

Ohhh haiii Marrrrr-garita.

[@NotaTechGuy177]

No, no, no, I watched this a long time ago, then CGP Grey, and then came back here to compare.

[@Henrytorybot]

CGP wanted some views so he slapped the idea of folding paper ( as if it would make anything more interesting ) into a lazily compiled copy

[@someoneelse2805]

im here because of my math teacher

[@albertj3421]

Why are the old educational videos so much better than today's? When ever I need a refresher on something I look for the oldest possible video because they are always the best and most clearly expressed.

[@kevinyang9224]

How the heck do they make this? IN 1977?!

[@annhackler]

It actually had to be earlier. My dad had a copy of it in 1972, I took it to my high school biology class and they played it.

[@SirVr6rio]

kevin yang Computers bigger then your house.

[@Squaredy]

Ann Hackler wow you're old no offense

[@briankuhl3844]

There's an earlier version. It was a rough draft, if I recall.

[@BrettWilkins]

We went to the moon in 1969. So making a movie wouldn't be so hard...

[@juanramonvmora]

As above, so below.

[@huzi37709]

Holy shit that's a smart analogy. Our solar system could very well be an atom for another universe!

[@jaxsonbustamante6347]

Huzufu its a universal law, kybalion.

[@monalisastyle]

lol, definitely:) I always figured that if all the billions of atoms, in our bodies can cooperate throughout our life times to stay in such close vicinity, ....ah, but, even we, who are free to think we can choose otherwise, do not, and end up,not far from home....humn....interesting indeed.

[@communistcat3240]

its a term used by satanists...

[@Rick01650]

The term itself is neutral, it's just knowledge

[@cihan8438]

I watched this video when it shared first time at internet world. Right now something made me feel to watch it again. 2023 July…

[@Ulbre]

I keep watching this every couple of years.....because it is absolutely, and simply, brilliant

[@estherjose2631]

Every Human has to watch this video #mindblown

[@bhuvaneswarimahadevan4410]

Hi Esther do u remember me I studied in SRM schl n 7th std

[@estherjose2631]

Bhuvaneswari Mahadevan Yes I do! How are you doing now?

[@bhuvaneswarimahadevan4410]

Okay

[@bhuvaneswarimahadevan4410]

Hey convey to harini too y I don't know I am not able to type the cumment n harini's post

[@JJAB91]

Esther Jose This is even better htwins.net/scale2/

[@thomasking4791]

Mind boggling. Reminds me of Douglas Adams' classic understatement. "The Universe. Big isn't it!" No wonder I keep losing my change.

[@stevetheduck1425]

The film 'A Matter of Life and Death' starring David Niven, made during the second world war, begins with the same words, then zooms in to Earth, down to a bomber aircraft on fire over the shore of Britain. Later there is a zoom out from a court of law, to the vast arena surrounding it, out into space, revealing the arena is a galaxy in the night sky. A film of H.G. Wells' story 'The Man Who Could Work Miracles' IIRC, also begins with those words.

[@ssjgara]

Everything is energy. It‘s so fascinating. I can’t cope with the vastness that is out there. Wow.

[@salvosalva]

Thinking that my finger is only 10^20 metres away from touching the edge of the Milky Way makes me feel infinitely small and big at the same time...

[@BrianZDodd]

I'd like to see a 2015 version of this video. The changes in our observation technology sine 1977 must be at least 10 to the power of 10.

[@Lyndaveilleux]

No kidding. I bet it would.

[@silverhawkroman]

Currently it's at 10^27, according to wikipedia.

[@fim-43redeye31]

Yes. We need to use our technology and make this again.

[@silverhawkroman]

Reimu Hakurei Naw, we're just ^3 more in 43 years. I'd wait for the next two generations

[@Larrys-88Keys]

Here is a basic one - really cool and you can control with your mouse. www.scaleoftheuniverse.com/

[@OwnageCubed]

OHHH MY GODD I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHEN I WAS LIKE 10

[@getredytagetredy]

Like 8 or 8 ?

[@nikolanahirni5093]

Me too...

[@joz6683]

Remember watching this in school in the 1970's. Taking me back. Thanks for the memories...

[@MrMatt1138]

I remember watching this in my childhood 7th grade science class. It's as fascinating now as it was then, 45 years ago. Even today with modern cinematic and computer animation, this still stands up to the test of time. The concept and thinking it inspires is timeless to be sure.

[@AdeyemiSalau]

The way the outer body is, so is the inner body. A living MAN is an entire galaxy. Awesome knowledge.

[@ivanbullichvilla5900]

It blew my mind. It gave me some perspective about what we are.

[@gadjman]

I want to inform people that even to this day(early 2022 roughly 45 years after its production) in my college Astronomy course, this film is still shown. I imagine and deeply hope that it will be shown forever.

[@annurch558]

A beautiful rendition of the scale of the cosmo and all its wonders.

[@h3xag0nal]

I keep having to remind people on facebook that this is still infinitely better than the awful viral video that goes around these days, which attempts to show something similar but is worse in every aspect.

[@yestheysaidit7909]

@ericb31 lol

[@clairduffy60]

Been looking for this since 1977!!!

[@wildanS]

Welcome to the internet.

[@MkeKen67]

@@wildanS - Seems like almost every audio and video recording every made will wind up on KZbin at some point. Wonder how many server farms they will need when it reaches "critical mass."

[@Xandermorph]

I remember watching this as a kid in my science class and it blew my mind. So glad it's on here! It's nostalgic as hell to watch it again! :D

[@TheINFP_Diary]

Came to this video as a recommendation of a Natural Law teacher, I'm glad I watched it. Thank you

[@mishamagik1]

Same. Mark Passio?

[@alansmithee419]

The music gets a bit creepy at 2:36. Fits, I suppose

[@mattripodi6474]

would love a remake of this video, with up to date discoveries/findings included in the dislodge or even in the animation.

[@polite345]

There's already a remake for the zoom out, "Zooming out from earth (4K)", and for the zoom in, "Voyage into the world of atoms"

[@m1legend496]

Such an incredible masterpiece that's 12 years ago!!! it is super ahead of it's time!!!

[@Empika]

This was made in the 1970’s lol

[@Izporg9]

@@Empika I was about to say

[@nontheist2]

This is one of my all-time favorites. So happy to see this I subscribed to Eames Office. Thank you!

[@nivi8846]

1977: "Soon, the Earth will show as a solid sphere." 2017: "Uh, actually, the Earth is Flat." 2057: "Pfft, you believe in the Earth?"

[@illuminate4622]

Sadly

[@jupiter8512]

2107: "hoo hoo hoo haa hoo hoo" 2108: Silence

[@jamirimaj6880]

@@jupiter8512 I wanna know what this means

[@ottmah8256]

dude, best comment ive ever seen.

[@HanzCastroyearsago]

2020 the end

[@janebradbear8719]

Size and distance are so well displayed on this film.It also makes individual human problems appear to be such a minor part of the whole.

[@justindillon3395]

Just found this gem via UC Berkeley. Will be using it with my high school physics students this fall.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

This explained everything I wanted to know about the solar system and the universe and it was great. In just a few minutes. Brilliant 👏 thank you for uploading such a great video.

[@RayMainBagpiper]

The one proof of this film, is.... with the power of the mind we can travel faster than the speed of light.

[@yliamsk7]

Ray Main mind blown...!

[@datgio4951]

Ray Main not really your brain can only think so fast, it’s actually about .03 sec slower cause electricity travels through your brain mass. good try tho.

[@saitenotoshuitsnaini]

Also, the culmination and organization of the mind within the scientific community/industry to do so is a miraculous achievement itself.

[@am-qr1og]

IKR

[@DetiousMusic]

@@datgio4951 You failed to understand what he meant. He's referring to the "distance" traveled within the video. With the help of computers and our MIND we can easily visualize massive distances without having to actually travel millions of light-years Nice try tho.

[@akeslav]

I keep coming back every now and then, and just appreciate this wonderful piece of scientific art

[@terrykosowick594]

It's hard to find a video this well done today. One of the best ever.

[@andrewstamford1988]

That's because way too many people believe in conspiracies and crazy stuff to take notice, even if it were produced. Although that said, you can still find incredible videos like this, the world hasn't entirely lost it's grip on reality.

[@joicallahan307]

This video humbled me. Thank you to whomever I needed this

[@yogawithelaineo]

Yep. It humbled me as a sixth grader. I am now 56. Will never forget that experience.

[@user-dd9ff4wo3y]

Knowing it was made 41 years ago, this still explodes my brain...

[@hyperthreaded]

I remember seeing this as a kid in the early 90s or something. It has really stood the test of time. Public science at its best.

[@detonater1348]

It was created in the 70s…u watched it nearly 20+ years later…and here i am watching it in 2022 and still mind blown….there is a newere version made by bbc and narrated by brian cox. That one just shows the space part and not the molecular level but still very interesting and well made with great resolution and attention to detail.

[@renciadevilliers6077]

As above, so below ❤

[@sdfkjgh]

6:10 This also demonstrates the importance of moisturising.