Powers of Ten

[Jen]

Check out this video of the APOD of the day for the 1st Feb wow very cool takes you right out of our galaxy and back to the inside of the hand to the DNA very cool :) Well i liked it and thought some of you guys would too :D

Picnic anyone :lol:

Oppps link might help haha

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110201.html

[leon]

Top stuff Jen, good find indeed.

Leon

[Octane]

That is a classic video.

H

[astroron]

Thanks Jen:thanx:
9 minutes Download equates to at least half an hour or more on my machine so no go, but I have seen various versions of this over the years going back at least 15 years:)
Cheers

[Jen]

:lol::lol: sorry Ron ;) i dont know how you survive slow internet speed :tasdevil:

[CraigS]

Hey Jen;

Pretty cool .. not so sure about the sound track, though .. ;)

If you liked that one, try this … Nature by Numbers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkGeOWYOFoA) …. very cool ..
:)

Cheers

[Kevnool]

Was a great video Jen.
Saw it some ago tho.
Still good tho....the mind boggles.

Cheers Kev.

[Jen]

:hi:
:thumbsup: thanks Craig nice video :) this stuff has always fascinated me but i was never any good at maths :rolleyes: (was too busy mucking around in school) :lol: so watching it on video helps put everything into perspective :P

[Jen]

Yes Kev it gets my mind ticking over big time :lol: oh the thoughts that go on in my head sometimes :scared3:
:D

[supernova1965]

Yes but if everyone here was honest and told of our inner thoughts no-one would talk to us as we would all be too strange:screwy::rofl:. Great video Jen thanks

[Suzy]

Thanks Jen, that was a good watch.
Wow, and the milky way galaxy looks strange with a round galactic core- instead of a bar, for what we know it be look like today. Looks like it was done in the 70's perhaps.:question:

[Octane]

Suzy,

Worse. 60s. :P

H

[michaellxv]

How things have changed.

The limit of our vision 100million light years :question: Not any more.
And that soundtrack. They don't write music like that any more.

[gary]

Hi Jen,

Thanks for posting this link to Powers of Ten.

I have posted links to this film a couple of times in the past here in IceInSpace, see -
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=626275&postcount=10
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showpost.php?p=554456&postcount=2

However, it is really worth bringing people's attention to it again, because it is
such a neat film.

In fact it is more than that. In film circles, it is very famous and is regarded as
among the most significant documentaries ever made. So much so that in 1998,
it was selected for inclusion into the U.S. National Film Registry on the criteria
of being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

And it wasn't just made by nobodies. It was commissioned by IBM and made
by the husband and wife team of Ray and Charles Eames, two famous architects/
designers of the 20th century. These are the type of people that were way ahead
of their time with regards architectural design and style.

For example, whenever you go to an airport anywhere in the world, it is likely
to have those molded plastic chairs that are linked in a row together.
This was an Eames design, first designed for the airport "Terminal of the Future"
in the 1960's for Dallas Love Field airport in Texas.

And the narrator isn't just nobody either. It was none other that physicist Philip
Morrison. One of the key team members of the Manhattan Project during the
war and originally a student of none other than Robert Oppenheimer,
Morrision was one of the men who transported the Trinity test plutonium core
to the test point tower. However, after seeing the effect the bomb had on Hiroshima,
Morrison helped found the Federation of American Scientists and championed
the cause of nonproliferation.

If Powers of Ten, which was first made in 1968, seems ahead of its time, it is
because the talented people behind it were among that group of individuals
that helped shape the times we live in today.

Here is a link to a picture of the über-cool Charles and Ray Eames -
http://www.indesignlive.com/articles/in-review/events/the-gifted-eye-of-charles-eames-a-portfolio-of-100-images

[Jen]

:thumbsup: thanks Gary very interesting :D

[gary]

Hi Jen,

As another example of the intellect of the Eames's, consider a promotional
film they made for Polaroid in 1972 to promote the SX-70 camera.
For those old enough to remember, the SX-70 was a thing of beauty and
sophistication. From its collapsible body, to its brush chrome finish and its
leather inlays. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_SX-70

In particular I draw your attention to the segment of the film starting at the
4 min 12 sec mark. I don't think there would be a photographer who, even today,
wouldn't be absolutely drawn in and fascinated by the film's description of the
light path, lenses, mechanism and functioning of the camera. The Eames's
respect the intelligence of the viewer and their approach is not to shy way from
this internal technical detail.

At one point toward the end, narrator Philip Morrison says of the camera,

and finally ...

It would have been pretty hard for the gadget lover not to have aspired to own one! :lol:

Anyway, here is the 11 minute film -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EdwmaQltHc
As mentioned, the segment starting at 4 min 12 sec and running to the end I know
many IceInSpace photographers will be able to relate to.

[danielsun]

Thanks Jen, That was amazing!!:eyepop: I find it totally amazing the scale, from how small our micro world is up to the massive mind boggling outer universe. Just incredible!!!

Gary, thanks for the facts behind the clip. Very interesting.:thumbsup:


Cheers Daniel.

[Jen]

:hi::hi: gday Daniel yep very cool isnt it :P

[Baddad]

Hi Jen,

Wow. That is a good representation of size/distance comparisons.

I have found others. I suspect they were previously posted. That is the first time I've seen that one.
Good show.

Cheers

[Octane]

Gary,

I finally got around to putting some time aside tonight to watch the video you linked.

One world: genius.

That was just so awesome. To think they made such complex machinery so long ago. Wow!

What an elegant system. I wonder how much those babies go on eBay nowadays?

Thanks, so much. I learnt a lot and a flood of inspiration is rushing through me.

H