Cosmic Eye

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August 26, 2016  Through Kurzweil

Danail Obreschkow

This movie was generated using the iOS App “Cosmic Eye“, written by Danail Obreschkow at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at the University of Western Australia. This app draws inspiration from a progression of increasingly accurate graphical representations of the scales of our Universe, including the classical essay “Cosmic View” (1957), the short movie “Powers of Ten” (1977), directed by Charles and Ray Eames, and “Cosmic Zoom” (1968), directed by Eva Szasz. Where possible, it displays real photographs obtained with modern objectives, telescopes, and microscopes. Other views are phenomenal renderings of state-of-the-art computer models. All scientists and sources have given permission and are fully credited in the app.

related:

• A different way to teach astrophysics BBC News
• Danail Obreschkow: Cosmic Eye

Video Source: Danail Obreschkow

Topics: Physics/Cosmology

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1977 film that put the vastness of the universe into perspective

Opening at the scene of a picnic in a Chicago park, then gradually zooming out
to encompass a view 100 million light years away before magnifying down again
to a single proton, this classic 1977 short documentary by the legendary husband-
and-wife design team Charles and Ray Eames uses exponential powers of ten to
contextualise the scale of the known universe and chart the limits of human
understanding. An ‘adventure in magnitudes’, Powers of Ten has been used to teach
millions and millions about the cosmos and the microcosmic, and remains an
extraordinary journey nearly 40 years later.

Director: Charles Eames, Ray Eames