Powers of Ten (Eames)

Director: Charles Eames, Ray Eames
Stars: Philip Morrison
Genre: Documentary, Short
Country: USA

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.

 

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