POWERS OF 10

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FROM MICRO TO MACRO COSMOS

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This is a trip at high speed, jumping distances by a factor of 10. Well start with 100 (equivalent to 1 meter), and will increase the size by a factor of 10, or 101 (10 meters), 102 (10x10 = 100 meters, 103 (10x10x10 = 1,000 meters), 104 (10x10x10x10 = 10,000 meters), so on, until we reach the limit of our imagination in the direction of the macro cosmos.

Later well return, a little faster, back to the point where we started & continue our trip in the opposite direction reducing distances of travel by factors of 10 into the micro cosmos.

We will observe the constancy of the laws of the universe and think about how much the human race still needs to www.similima.com 2 learn...

BON VOYAGE!
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Distance to a bunch of leaves in the garden

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Starting our trip upwards .... We can see the foliage.

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At this distance we can see the limits of the forest and the edifications

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We will pass from meters to kilometers.. Now it is possible to jump with a parachute ...
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The city could be observed but we really cant see the houses

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At this height, the state of Flrida - USA, is just coming into view ...

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Typical sight from a satellite

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The northern hemisphere of Earth, and part of South America

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The Earth starts looking small...

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The Earth and the Moons rbit in white....

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Part of the Earths Orbit in blue

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rbits of: Venus and Earth...

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rbits of: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jpiter.

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At this height of our trip, we could observe the Solar System and the orbits of the planets

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The Solar System starts looking small...

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The Sun now is a small star in the middle of thousands of stars...

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At one light-year the little Sun star is very small

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Here we will see nothing in the infinity....

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Nothing Only stars and Nebulae...

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At this distance we are travelling in the Via-Lctea (Milky Way), our galaxy.

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We continue our travel inside the Via-Lctea (Milky Way)

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We begin reaching the periphery of the Via-Lctea (Milky Way)

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At this tremendous distance we can see the entire Via-Lctea (Milky Way) & other galxies as well ...

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From this distance, all the galaxies look small with immense empty spaces in between. The same laws are ruling all bodies of the Universe. We could continue traveling upwards with our imagination, but now lets return home quickly

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Questions that come to mind ... Who are we? Where are we going? Where did we come from?
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Or... What do we represent in the Universe?

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In this trip upwards we went to the power of 23 of 10

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Now we are going to dig inside of matter in a reverse (inverse) trip...

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We arrive at our starting point. We could touch it with our hands ...

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Getting closer at 10 cm ...We can delineate the leaves.

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At this distance it is possible to observe the structure of the leaf.

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The cellular structures begin to show...

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The cells can be delineated. You can see the union between them.

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Starting our trip inside the cell ...

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The nucleus of the cell is visible.

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Again we changed the measuring unit to adapt to the miniscule size. You can see the chromosomes.

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In this micro universe the DNA chain is visible.

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...the chromosme blocks can be observed.

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It appears like clouds of electrons... These are carbon toms that formed our world. You should notice the resemblance of the micro cosmos with the macro cosmos ...

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In this miniature world we could observe the electrons orbiting the atoms.

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An immense empty space between the nucleus and the electron orbits...

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At this incredible and minuscule size we could observe the nucleus of the atom.

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Now we could observe the nucleus of the carbon atom

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Here we are in the field of the scientific imagination, face to face with a proton.

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100 Attmeters
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And now ... Are you the center of the universe? Are you the special creature of the Creatin? What is behind the limits? Are there any limits? Note that going downwards we could only go to the power of minus 16 of 10 to reach the (known?) limits of matter... But upwards we went to the power of 23 of 10 and stopped... But we could have continued our trip subject only to the limits to our imagination!!!! ... then? ... Who says that we are alone in the universe?

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Hope you enjoyed the trip. The End!

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