Powers of Ten™ (1977)

[Diderooot]

There are 10^28 atoms in the human body, 10^50 atoms on Earth, 10^57 atoms in a typical star and 10^80 atoms in the observable universe.

[XieYali]

懐かしいなぁ

[Dazfluffy]

i can see the picknicers :)

[wolfwilliams]

This video totally misses the point of life in the universe. The real question is...... did they pack mustard or mayonnaise in that picnic basket?

[MasterHypnose]

I tripped so hard on reality.... who needs drugs?

[symbio523]

I feel a bit insignificant now.

[MrFareezJ]

Chicago... Metres. Wait what?!?! Must be a lie.

[whitedude11]

some good cameras 

[adamboy7777]

Vsauce anybody? :D

[SeanTehUrg]

little did these picknicers know they were being watched by people 100 million lightyears away.

[smile2lisa]

scary

[kazmanli]

i watched this in maths years ago, TWICE, to show the powers. This was so very very boring

-.-

[deadsearolls]

We had this technology back then? What the hell future. hurry up

[reallybigninja]

I remember when we watched this in school :D

[gunnargerhardt]

@d00dEEE: I still love the metric system :D



[TissueBoxGaming]

I still don't understand how we all have a mutual agreement on whats in space 1 million light years away.

[MLGxxPr0Sn1P3rXB3AST]

perspective can really make numbers arbitrary and meaningless.

[MLGxxPr0Sn1P3rXB3AST]

perspective can really make numbers arbitrary and meaningless.

[charlieIAC]

That camera must have a massive zoom lens

[belima]

62 people could not bare their insignificance within the universe

[TheLightnights]

This is vastly better than the syrupy dumb Cosmic Voyage. Sadly Cosmic Voyage is a typical remake low on rigor, high on production values and short of serious information. Powers of Ten is a classic while we have theorised further at both ends of the scale since then. "these graphics suck??!!" typical comment, this is of its time and when it was made showed innovation and creative dedication. These days folk just pillage the 70s for ideas its all style over content in the 21st century! xxx.

[danrain12345]

They gotta make a new one. Cause these graphics suck lol

[TaiFerret]

@danrain12345 You should watch Cosmic Voyage.

[Scimedoxy]

This is candy to me...

[haziqsephiroth79]

i feel so small..

[HipHopJun]

I remember watching this in middle school, year 2000. I was so mesmerized by all those galaxies,  I just really wanted to know what's out there, you know? Are we really alone?

[Glyphwright]

@HipHopJun Of course not. You've just seen how immense the observable universe is, with countless galaxies composed of countless stars, each of those stars potentially having planets orbiting it. Which means - countless inhabited planets humanity cannot reach, until it finds a way to traverse space through artificially created wormholes through the higher dimensional hyperspace. Like folding a leaf of paper and punching a hole through its opposite sides, instead of traversing the entire surface.

[copter023]

เหี้ยมึนเลยหน้าหี

[Awesomesausebroski]

i like the music

[Ferravaag]

I knew all of this before I watched this video two years ago. As I'm about to see this for the tenth time or so, I still know it. Yet, I also know that my mind is about to be blown.

[HamzaNYC]

Great Video



[timmyburdon]

love this

[gomez9622]

we watched this in astronomy class, i love this!

[captcorajus]

I remember going to see this at the Smithsonian Institute on a class trip in the 6th grade. That is in 1978.

[kenmanheimer]

Re "10 minutes long" - if you're familiar with orders of magnitude, 9 is a very good approximation of 10! Or, to put it in the style of the video, 9 minutes is perfectly framed within a 10 minute period, with just enough margin for a sense of proportion.

[teeeza2]

thumbs up if you watched this is your science class

[octoberpest]

Check out an interactive version at cosmicscale.appspot.com

[MsRedHedge]

LOL,a film about the powers of ten and they couldn't even make it ten minutes long !! Tom Kirk has too much time on his hands O.o

[spotonbiglad]

@MsRedHedge The couple who made this video had their studio at 901 Washington Boulevard, it could be a nice coincidence, but I like it.

[qed100]

@MsRedHedge It's not ten minutes long, but it is ten tenths of its running time long. The Minute is only one of an infinity of possible units.

[malarkeydan]

That put today into perspective. Great video.

[TheJohnnyquezt]

hahaha they implied that Pluto is a planet...

[nontrainspotter]

@TheJohnnyquezt It was when they made this.

[TheJohnnyquezt]

@nontrainspotter I know, that's awesome how things we take for granted can just change like that. Makes you question a lot, like what else is out there? "Cue the eerie twilight music!"

[asdfg2652]

ii just thinnk to myself.......wow thats far an isee the video is only half over!

[AreaQNH870]

@thepeanutbutterbunny it was actually made 35 years ago, or roughly (your answer)10^-1

[Javis586]

100 million light years? That's it? That's like walking over to my neighbors house to get a fucking egg. The observable universe reaches out 13 BILLION light years.

[ThePeanutbutterbunny]

@Javis586 This was made 356 years ago, and even if he could- are you REALLY that much of an American to be unsatisfied with this? Get your spoiled little ass out of here. You're an insult to humanity.

[Javis586]

@ThePeanutbutterbunny Yes... 356 years ago we had this technology, I'm sorry. Lol.

[Javis586]

Anyone else here for Astronomy class at Macomb? lol

[HaHaWebshows]

I like this video, but I don't like how we randomly gain so much mass

[L4L01]

62 persons can´t count so much.

[googleby]

Definitely going to watch this again next time I'm high.

[croiv]

신기해...

[anticorncob6]

@KelferMookie We don't.

[adrenalinex4]

who else noticed this video started on oct. the 10th month??

[xiZaRkHD]

Mother of god... o_o

[calderonmillie]

It's creepy when it zooms up in his hand...

[DrMtnDewThe2nd]

Chuck Norris can see that far and that close...

[eyescandeceive]

When I was in elementary school in the 60s there was a black and white version of this with a female narrator who had an accent

[mamatude33]

@FLXguan @FLXguan Yeah right - I followed it, but I guess 'why' (is this important) is what I have no idea about. I wonder what they use this video for, is it a teaching tool for something? If so, who/what - astrophysicists?. LOL

[minorthreat141]

@mamatude33 Don't know about you but I think it's great just to soak it all in. That's what it's good for.

[SatayBeef]

Amazing.

[SCRE4MxMYxNAME]

makes me feel so insignificant..

[alfqtqueen1]

this is when Pluto was a planet

[dhvsheabdh]

@alfqtqueen1 Hasn't it been re-instated?

[KimmyRose12]

@alfqtqueen1 Those were the days, of forming opinions.

[ValleyHeart13]

umm I don't feel sober anymore...

[bigdaddy24681000]

damn thats crazyy,gets you thinking doesnt it??but my question is who discovered that the galaxys are that far away if we did not have much technology back then?? and how are they so right on how theres more galaxys if we dnt even have much info in saturn?pluto?jupiter?..etc we cant even prove there are aliens living on other planets tho they do exist (-__-) dnt get me wrong though our solar system is rite bt how do we know wats past it if we didnt have great technology bak then

[danielsanichiban]

@bigdaddy24681000 they used large telescopes and their brains. signs of life are small and you cannot see them from far away with our tools. galaxies are huge and you can see them. with clever techniques you can measure their distance and recognise what they are. the detailed answer to your question is very long, and for you to understand it you must study physics. i encourage you to learn about it, it's really amazing. look up carl sagan, walter lewin, they are great teachers

[fonjadidi]

WAIT! let me go get some food ;)

[JJnYo2]

This made my penis feel small...

[EditAffect]

who else is not sober???

[xXMargaritaXx1]

I just don't understand!!!! it never stops.

[joyboycowboy]

thumps up if you came from vsauce

[Jex134]

Try this with your puny inferior capitalist measurement, America.

[Jex134]

@FLXguan 60 people are Christian.

[hansiraber]

google maps will be like this in 10 years ... 

[horaciovel]

Oh God! what we are in the universe?

[gunnargerhardt]

The beauty of the metric system!

[d00dEEE]

@gunnargerhardt

Sorry, this has NOTHING to do with the metric system. The visual would be exactly the same if the makers had used inches or furlongs. It is about orders of magnitude.

[jereisluke]

@d00dEEE Actually it does have to do with the metric system. Notice how the whole video references the meter as its base unit of measurement. Its primary topic is orders of magnitude, which the metric system is based off of.

[AceKingGG]

where can I get this camera?

[ttimbitts]

I still see the people.

[dirtbikemike204]

We watched this in Math class in 7th grade when we were dealing with exponents

[muendelheim947]

Super umgesetzt. Die ganze Welt besteht aus zahlen.

[Sahelcollection]

I like it.

[MzChelxoxo]

k.

[Glyphwright]

This awesome video was created thirty five years years ago. Today, in the age of the internet and quantum physics, we have Rihanna, Kesha, and morons bickering about race on Youtube.

[SuperMelon1]

@Glyphwright Don't forget the people who whine about how it was so much better back in the day.

[Glyphwright]

@SuperMelon1 Don't forget your mom.

[cr4yv3n]

@Glyphwright We can also see way further and i gotta say the old '70s voice and music are really annoying as hell.

[Glyphwright]

@Glyphwright my comment is, as usual, on top. It's not always easy being intelligent, but it certainly feels nice.

[Densaku]

@Glyphwright Back in 1977, in the age of Apple II & Space programs we've had Farrah Fawcett, Studio 54 & morons bitching about how it was better in 1942..... (goofy face...^^)

[mdiem]

@Glyphwright

There's also this: abcnews(.)go(.)com / Technology / page / scale-universe-cary-michael-hu­ang-california-high-school-155­73968

[jordanesmith111]

My dad showed this to me when I was a little kid. It is still more powerful than video of scale I have seen since, regardless of how modern their special effects.

[ImaBearXD]

this is what has inspired me to do science when i grow up. when i become semi famous i will show this video to the world...please don't ever take this down... :)

[FireheartAnimal]

*unintelligible murmurs* ...WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

[Roflmaqrux]

"Is what most of space looks like" How little he knew...

[iceangel1996]

o.o



[26runner007]

im watching this for my astronomy class at 8:30 in the morning on a day off, why aren't i drunk right now???

[mriloveethanol]

Reminds me of CSI

[PhantomNinja824]

Ndirishpsn is educating me

[KrunchatizeMeKapn]

hutch

[jibbajabba72]

What I got from this is the guy laying down is a nucleus in a huge guys hand

[asaltypickle123]

Anyone watching this from school?

[smegmadiver22]

Well I dont remember any of this mentoined in the BIBLE! And if it not in the BIBBLE how can it be TRUE!!! CEHCK MATE!!!!!!

[KabukiUmada]

@smegmadiver22 ... get out.

[IcyPeanuts]

@smegmadiver22 Well, this is proven. The bible ain't.

[vololoo]

this was 35 years ago

[KonemKez]

lol ploto is not a planet anymore..

[carllito12]

@KonemKez Ploto was never a planet, Pluto was

[KonemKez]

@carllito12 ty for the correction

[diddymuck]

I can remember the Smithsosian featuring this work with different music during the return to earth melange; music was much more dramatic and coming to an abrupt crescendo when the camera stopped on the reclining man. Utterly terrifying; several people screamed!

[NotificationReceived]

@HomosexualPikachu Nah I'm good :]

[HomosexualPikachu]

@NotificationReceived Then don't bother asking if you don't care.

[NotificationReceived]

@HomosexualPikachu umadbro?

[HomosexualPikachu]

@NotificationReceived I can hardly be mad at anyone who can't come up with an original response and resort to retarded memes.

[NotificationReceived]

@HomosexualPikachu uevenmoremadbro?

[heatstroke2008]

I. Have. Been. Looking. For. This. FOREVER D:

[Elsas14]

for sure, there are some sort of life out there

[TacOly93]

in watching this really drunk with a fat dip in. and its awesome :)

[NotificationReceived]

@HomosexualPikachu Where did you get this information?

Mr.Rage

[russianrusaln]

how do they know this ? how do they know how we have a galaxy or even whats outside the galaxy ? how do they know there are more then one galaxy (our own) ? how is all this known ?

[NotificationReceived]

@russianrusaln Chuck Norris confirmed it all, nuff sed.

[TripAyane]

@russianrusaln your kidding right? go to google and type in hubble images!!! and look at the gallery. atoms (periodic table of elements) cannot be seen with any microscope, but we can smash them together revealing whats inside them and their shape. also electron microscopes can create very very tiny images.

[mtyler5000]

@russianrusaln telescope? herp derp.

[russianrusaln]

@mtyler5000 telescopes cant go that far...impossible for it to go out that far and see a the galxies

[JPG370]

you have now entered the twilight zone

[traceur4God]

Vsauce Army, Advance!!!

[0001connie]

I a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe. -Feynman

[ngbingsheng]

Year 1977

[Shhadowization]

Thumbs up if this made you feel insignificant..

[Blitzion214]

@Shhadowization Already felt like that.

[TRUPiMP13]

I loved this .. I'm 16 is that weird? Blame Frank Ocean .

[furuilulz]

@TRUPiMP13

No. Other 16 year olds just don't say they do because they're afraid of being called nerds or something by their peers.

[APARTEIDBAND]

respect

[BigRockMusicFan]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[tomroylance]

*speed

[tomroylance]

Its like it stays at the same sped...

[bjmbijelic]

“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big laboratory is needed in which to think. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.” Nikola Tesla

[MyAvgnfan]

i saw this in school!

[majorsromo]

Holy CRAP

[theeyeofthecyclops]

AMAZING

[mosesdog2]

Try doing this with the US Standard system.

[HansLanda7]

*Narrator's voice*

"and your mind as we know it... blown!"

[cowboyweightlifter]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[CalumnMcAulay]

even though I could not follow him gotta love the narrator

[Npowell01]

@CalumnMcAulay

Pretty easy to follow. Just listen. If you hear a word you don't understand, look it up. If there's a word in the definition you don't understand, look it up. If only everyone did this.

[TheVerandaguy]

Thumbs up if, the first time you watched this, Pluto was still a planet.

[dismemberednecromorf]

it was creepy when it started to zoom in on the hand

[jkanyce]

For some reason, this creeped me tf out. Lol

[koshinmusic]

Watch this everyday - and you will be enlightened!

[TheWayToTheDawnVIII]

I actually saw this in school o.o

[linmonPIE]

Thumbs up if this video reminds you of the beginning of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

[MrGoldsmith2000]

OH great, I get the thumbs up as I'm viewer 1,106.823. I want you to know how special I feel... just imagine.x 10.

[crampssss]

This channel should have 10 videos.

[gmf20002]

I haven't seen this in years but I always remembered it! Thanks frank ocean!

[Mrshotspitta]

Frank Ocean.

[Kweezy157]

Frank.

[dpnbvideos]

I remember seeing this on a Carl Sagan special about the cosmos as a child

[gogledoessuck]

@ EamesOffice Isn't there some way to get this in HD? :)

[furuilulz]

@gogledoessuck

That's only really possible if the original source material is of higher resolution. Assuming that the original source still actually exists. It might not.

[MustashNat]

thumbs up if you forgot you were here because of a vsauce leanback

[flubbyz1]

8:07 not every atom has neutrons, Hydrogen atoms only have 1 proton and 1 electron.