nullnull. ZOOMPOWER OF 10FROM MICRO TO MACROCOSMOSnullThis is a trip at high speed, jumping distances by factor of 10.Start with 100 equivalent to 1 meter, and increasing sizes by factor of 10s ,or 101 (10 meters), 102 (10x10 = 100 meters, 103 (10x10x10 = 1.000 meters), 104 (10x10x10x10 = 10.000 meters), so on, until the limit of our inmagination in direction to the macrocosmos.Later let’s return, a little faster, up to the point where we started and continue our trip in the opposite direction reducing distances of travel by factors of 10 into the microcosmos.Observe the constancy of the laws of the universe and think about how much the human race still needs to learn...nullBON VOYAGE!nullDistance to a bunch of leaves, in the garden100
1 meternullStart our trip upwards .... We could see the foliage.101
10 metersnullAt this distance we can see the limits of the forest and the edifications102
100 meters
nullWe will pass from meters to kilometers..
Now it is possible to jump with a parachute ...103
1 kmnullThe city could be observed but we really can not see the houses104
10 kmnullAt this height, the state of Flórida - USA, can be seen..105
100 kmnullTypical sight from a satellite106
1.000 km nullThe north hemisphere of Earth, and part of South America107
10.000 km
nullThe Earth starts looking small...108
100.000 kmnullThe Earth and the Moon’s órbit in white.... 109
1 millón de kmnullPart of the Earth’s Orbit in blue1010
10 Millons de kmnull1011
100 millons de km
Órbits of: Venus and Earth... nullÓrbits of: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Júpiter.1012
1 billón de kmnullAt this height of our trip, we could observe the Solar System and the orbits of the planets1013
10 billons de kmnull1014
100 Billons de kmThe Solar System starts looking small...nullThe Sun now is a small star in the middle of thousands of stars...1015
1 trillón de kmnullAt one light-year the little Sun star is very small1016
1 light-yearnullHere we will see nothing in the infinity....1017
10 light-yearnull“Nothing” Only stars and Nebulae...1018
100 light-yearsnull1019
1,000 light-yearsAt this distance we started travelling the Via-Láctea (Milky Way), our galaxy.nullWe continued our travel inside the Via-Láctea.1020
10,000 light-yearsnullWe started reaching the periphery of the Via-Láctea1021
100,000 light-yearsnullAt this tremendous distance we could see all the Via-Láctea & other galáxies too...1022
1 millión light-yearsnullFrom this distance, all the galaxies look small with inmense empty spaces in between. The same laws are ruling in all bodies of the Universe. We could continue traveling upwards with our imagination, but now we will return home quickly1023 - 10 million light-yearsnull1022null1021null1020null1019null1018null1017null1016null1015null1014null1013null1012null1011null1010null109null108null107null106null105null104Questions that come to our minds ...
Who are we? Where are we going? From where did we come from?null103Or... What do we represent in the Universe?null102In this trip “upwards” we went to the power of 23 of 10null101Now we are going to dig inside of the matter in an inverse trip... nullWe arrived at our starting point. We could reach it with our arms...100nullGetting closer at 10 cm ...We can delineate the leaves.10-1
10 CentímetersnullAt this distance it is possible to observe the structure of the leaf.10-2
1 CentímeternullThe cellular structures start showing...10-3
1 MillímeternullThe cells can be defined. You could see the union between them.10-4
100 micronsnullStart our trip inside the cell...10-5
10 micronsnullThe nucleus of the cell is visible.10-6
1 micrónnullAgain we changed the messuring unit to adapt to the minúscule size. You could see the chromosomes.10-7
1.000 AngstromsnullIn this micro universe the DNA chain is visible.
10-8
100 Angstromsnull...the chromosómes blocks can be studied.10-9
10 AngstromsnullIt appears like clouds of electrons... These are carbon átoms that formed our world. You could notice the resemblance of the microcosmos with the macrocosmos...10-10
1 AngstromnullIn this miniature world we could observe the electrons orbiting the atoms.10-11
10 picómetersnullAn inmense empty space between the nucleous and the electron orbits...10-12
1 PicómeternullAt this incredible and minuscule size we could observe the nuceous of the atom.10-13
100 FentómetersnullNow we could observe the nucleous of the carbon atom10-14
10 FentómetersnullHere we are in the field of the scientific imagination, face to face with a proton.10-15
1 FentómeternullExamine the ‘quark’ partícules
There is nowhere more to go... At the limits of current scientific knowledge . This is the limit of matter... 10-16
100 AtómetersnullAnd now ...Are you the center of the universe?
Are you the special creature of the Creatión?
What is behind those limits? Are there any limits?
Note that going “downwards” we could only go to the power of minus 16ªof 10 and reached the (known?) limits of matter... But upwards we went to the power of 23ª of 10 and stopped... But really we could have continued our trip with out limits to our imagination!!!!
... then? ...who says that we are alone in the universe?nullEND !