This morning Kottke directs us to the official Powers of Ten website (and to a a YouTube post of the whole thing), which if you’re not familiar, is a sort of proto-Google Earth-type film by Ray and Charles Eames. The camera pulls back from a picnicking couple in Chicago all the way out through the outer reaches of the universe and then back down into the subatomic particles in the picnicking man’s hand. Along the way you get to learn about exponents. The site has a lot of cool supplemental info about the film, including a reminder that October 10th is “Powers of Ten Day”. (So this year when you’re out getting trashed at your office’s “Powers of Ten Day” party, don’t forget that my birthday is the next day!) I first saw this at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and I think I watched it about 4 times in a row. It’s pretty frickin’ sweet, I tell you.
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Great minds, I tell you. Didn’t this get used as an MTV promo once in the 90’s?