Cosmic Zoom (High Quality)

[anthonyrmann]

...protein chans holding iron molecules - your hemoglobin.

[anthonyrmann]

That's not DNA, they are protein chains.

[cbsteffen]

Does anybody know the names of the boy and dog in the boat? Did that dog even belong to the boy?

[lnfarias]

maravilhoso!

[mickypoo4622]

I remember seeing this in my childhood on British TV. It is still quite stunning. Just painstaking animation, no computers capable of doing CGI or graphic rendering like this back then. A work of great imagination and dedication. A piece of film history.

[streamstruck]

anyone have trouble falling asleep?? just watch this video and pay very close attention to every single detail if you want the full effects.

[intermender]

This film is decades ahead of its time in depicting (perhaps unintentially) a mini black hole in the centre of an atom.

[opiates]

Actually, that's incorrect. There would not be any DNA double helices in a red blood cell. They have no nuclei and therefore no DNA.

[juliusengel]

@opiates This was made when my dad was a toddler.

[probro9898]

They used to show this on Blue Peter every couple of years. It used to fascinate me. Looking at it now, it's interesting to see how much they got wrong: The sun has disappeared by the time we see Saturn, but it's only by sunlight that Saturn is visible. Also the electron orbits are spheres with sharp edges (but visible light has too long a wavelength to illuminate anything at that scale anyway). It was great to see this movie again - thanks for posting it :)

[SweetSweetWaldo]

I remember seeing this in elementary school 32 years ago!

[movitmovit]

what ever happened to the national film board of canada? we don't see much from them anymore.

[biddyficationprocess]

I've been looking for this since I saw it on 'picture box', it's giving me goosebumps!

[epigonoye]

its the old one very poor in deatails but very rich for many years ago.

[DuracellEnergizer]

They didn't show any of the other realities that make up the multiverse, or even any microverses!

[catsruledogsdrool23]

it's so much better!

[gumby909]

Excellent! Great to see a hi-res copy at last. This really blew my tiny mind when I first saw it & still resonates with a warm cosmic glow today. Nice "1" curious1curious!