Powers of Ten

Powers of Ten (1977)

A scientific film essay, narrated by Phil Morrison. A set of pictures of two picnickers in a park, with the area of each frame one-tenth the size of the one before. Starting from a view of the entire known universe, the camera gradually zooms in until we are viewing the subatomic particles on a man's hand.

Date of release
1977-06-04
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (89)
Runtime
9m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Charles Eames, Ray Eames

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Cosmic View

The Powers of Ten are two short American documentary films written and directed by Charles and Ray Eames. Both works depict the relative scale of the universe according to an order of magnitude based on a factor of ten, first expanding out from the Earth until the entire universe is surveyed, then reducing inward until a single atom and its quarks are observed.

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