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Magnifying by Powers of Ten

Posted by Cliff on from the drill-down-from-macro-to-micro dept.

Ron Harwood observes: "Molecular Expressions at Florida State University has a view of Earth starting at 10 million light years and working it's way closer by "powers of ten" till you are at the smallest point scientists can go in the subatomic universe."

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  1. Hitchhiker's guide by sahonen · · Score: 3, Funny

    So it's basically a device that shows the universe in its mind-boggling hugeness with an infinitely small dot-on-a-dot labelled "You Are Here"?

    (The wording isn't exact, but I hope I got the gist of it)

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  2. Re:Wheee... by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Funny

    "The number of times you have to zoom out to see the Galaxy from the roof of the laboratory shows you just how small we really are."

    Simultaenously across the planet, men's legs cross.

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  3. & I thought... by jantheman · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...planetary orbits weren't visible.
    I stand corrected.

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  4. Re:Easy Answer by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Funny

    Turtles, eh?

    African or European?

    (And why do I find myself asking this question so often lately?)