1. From
Macro-COSMOS
To
Micro-COSMOS
.

2. This 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
101 =10 meters
102 = 100 meters
103 = 1000 meters = 1 km
104 = 10,000 m = 10 km
& so on, until the our local group of Galaxies.

3. BON
VOYAGE!

4. 10
0
1 meter
Distance
to a bunch of
leaves,
in an oak Tree

5. 10
1
10 meters
Start our
trip
upwards ...
We could
see the
foliage.

6. 10
2
100 meters
At this
distance we
can see the
nearby trees,
lake and the
roof of
laboratory.

7. 10
3
1 km
We can see
the premises
of The
National
High
Magnetic
Field
Laboratory

8. 10
4
10 km
The city
could be
observed but
we really can
not see the
houses

9. 10
5
100 km
At this
height, the
state of
Flórida USA, can be
seen..

10. 10
6
1000 km
Typical sight
from a
satellite
showing
South
Eastern
United States

11. 10
7
10,000 km
The Northern
Hemisphere
of Earth, and
part of South
America

12. 10
8
100,000 km
Our Home - Planet
Earth.

13. 10
9
1 millón km
The Earth
and the
Moon’s órbit
in white....

14. 10
10
10 Millons km
Part of the
Earth’s Orbit
in blue

15. 10
11
100 millons km
Órbits
of
Venus
and
Earth...

16. 10
12
1 billón km
Órbits of:
Mercury,
Venus,
Earth, Mars
and Júpiter.

17. 10
13
10 billons km
At this
height of
our trip, we
can observe
Our Solar
System with
the orbits
of the
planets

18. 10
14
100 Billons km
The Solar
System starts
looking small...

19. 10
15
1 trillón km
Planets are
no longer
visible,
The Bright
Sun is now
only a
small star

20. 10
16
1 light-year
At one
light-year
our little
Sun star
is very
small

21. 10
17
10 light-year
More
Space
filled with
thousands
of Stars of
our
Galaxy.

22. 10
18
100 light-years
“Nothing”
Only
stars and
Nebulae...

23. 10
19
1,000 light-years
At this
distance
we can
start
seeing a
section
of our
Milky
Way
galaxy.

24. 10
20
10,000 light-years
We are still
looking at a
part of our
Milky Way
Galaxy. We still
can not make
out its shape

25. 10
21
100,000 light-years
Now we
start
seeing the
edges of
our Milky
Way
Galaxy.

26. 10
22
1 millión light-years
At this
tremendous
distance we
can see the
entire Milky
Way Galaxy
and some
other galáxies
too...

27. 10
23
10 million light-years
From this
distance we
are looking
at a small
group of
Galaxies...
Each Galaxy
consists of
millions of
stars.
Millions of
galaxies in
the universe
10 million light-years

28. This is NOT the end of the Universe...
We will not be traveling further out to
the edge of the universe... We will
return from here
So 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.

29. 10
22

30. 10
21

31. 10
20

32. 10
19

33. 10
18

34. 10
17

35. 10
16

36. 10
15

37. 10
14

38. 10
13

39. 10
12

40. 10
11

41. 10
10

42. 10
9

43. 10
8

44. 10
7

45. 10
6

46. 10
5

47. 10
4
Questions
that come
to our
minds ...
Who are we?
Where are
we going?
From where
did we come
from?
What is our

48. 10
3
Or... What
do we
represent in
the
Universe?
Earth - with
ONLY
known LIFE
in the
Cosmos..
What’s so
special
about us?

49. 10
2
In this trip
“upwards”
we went to
the power
of 23 of 10

50. 10
1
Now we
are going
to dig
inside of
the matter
in an
inverse
trip... Into
the Micro
Cosmos

51. 10
0
We arrived
at our
starting
point.
A Bunch of
leaves in
an Oak
Tree

52. 10
-1
10 Centímeters
Getting closer
at 10 cm
...We can
delineate the
leaves.

53. 10
-2
1 Centímeter
At this
distance it is
possible to
observe the
structure
of the leaf.

54. 10
-3
1 Millímeter
The cellular
structures
start
showing...Leaf
magnified 10
times

55. 10
-4
100 microns
The Cells
more
defined on
the
Surface of
the leaf
magnified
100 times.

56. 10
-5
10 microns
Start of our
trip inside
the an
individual
leaf cell

57. 10
-6
1 micrón
The
nucleus of
the cell is
visible.

58. 10
-7
1000 Angstroms
Chromatin
Threads in
the Leaf Cell
Nucleus.

59. 10
-8
100 Angstroms
In this micro
universe the
DNA strands
are visible.

60. 10
-9
10 Angstroms
DNA
Neuclotide
Building
Blocks can
be seen

61. 10
-10
1 Angstrom
Peering
inside a
Carbon
Atom.
The outer
Electron
cloud can
be seen.
See how it
looks like
the MacroCosmos!!

62. 10
-11
10 picómeters
In this
miniature
world the
electrons
orbit the
nucleus..
Like the
planets orbit
the Stars

63. 10
-12
1 Picómeter
The
immense
empty
space
between
the
nucleous
and the
electron
orbits...

64. 10
-13
100 Fentómeters
At this
incredible
miniscule
size we
could
observe
the
nucleus of
the atom
beneath
the
electron
shells

65. 10
-14
10 Fentómeters
Now we
could
observe
the
nucleous
of the
carbon
atom

66. 10
-15
1 Fentómeter
Face to face
with a
single
proton.

67. 10
-16
100 Atómeters
The ‘quark’
partícules
There is
nowhere more to
go... At the
limits of current
scientific
knowledge .
This is the limit
of matter...

68. Powers of 10
Interactive Java Tutorial developed
by
Florida State University
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
.

69. ‫”لخلقا السمِساواتا والرضا أكبرا منا خلقا النِسا ِ‬
‫لَ لَ ِقْ م ُ َّ لَ لَ ِ لَ ِقْ ِ لَ ِقْ لَ م ُ ِ ِقْ لَ ِقْ ِ َّ س‬
‫ا ولكنا أكثرا النِساسا لا يعلمنون“‬
‫لَ لَ ِ َّ لَ ِقْ لَ لَ َّ ِ لَ ِقْ لَ م ُ لَ‬
‫”يِساا أيهِساا السنسِسانا مِساا غركا ب لَبكا الكري ِ ،‬
‫لَ م ُ لَ لَ َّ لَ ِر كِّ لَ ِقْ لَ ِ م‬
‫لَ لَ هُّ لَ‬
‫ا الذ يا خلقكا فسنواكا فعدلك ا ،‬
‫َّ ِ لَ لَ لَ لَ لَ لَ َّ لَ لَ لَ لَ لَ لَ‬
‫ا ف يا لَ يا صنورةا مِساا شِساءا ركبك“‬
‫ِ أ كِّ م ُ لَ م ٍ َّ لَ لَ َّ لَ لَ‬