Get Some Perspective on 2010 from “Powers of Ten”

A new year is dawning; time for some perspective.

At the risk of quoting the Eames‘ too much, I’ll copy some images from their awesome 9-minute film, Powers of Ten, that blows minds even today.

Guy in Chicago, having a picnic

The film moves back from one meter, to the power of ten, every ten seconds.

Guy's picnic blanket, on field by the lake

Then higher and higher….

The lake, now visible

and…

Well, maybe that's the lake...

…until it goes into outer space, and then dives back down to the sub-atomic level, which is where things get really vast and weird.

It was made in 1977 for IBM, based on a book from 1957. And you can watch it here, Online. A real treat.

Happy 2010.