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From From Macro-COSMOS Macro-COSMOS

ToTo Micro-COSMOSMicro-COSMOS

This is a trip at high speed, This is a trip at high speed, jumping distances by factor of 10.jumping distances by factor of 10.

Start with 100 equivalent to 1 meter, and increasing sizes by factor of 10s

101 =10 meters

102 = 100 meters

103 = 1000 meters = 1 km

104 = 10,000 m = 10 km

& so on, until the our local group of Galaxies.

BBOON N VVOOYYAAGGEE!!

Distance Distance to a bunch of to a bunch of leaves, leaves, in an oak in an oak TreeTree

101000

1 meter1 meter

Start our Start our trip trip upwards .upwards ... .. We could We could see the see the foliage.foliage.

101011 10 meters10 meters

At this At this distance we distance we can see the can see the nearby nearby trees, lake trees, lake and the roof and the roof of of laboratory.laboratory.

101022

100 meters100 meters

We can see We can see the the premises of premises of The The National National High High Magnetic Magnetic Field Field LaboratoryLaboratory

101033

1 km1 km

The city The city could be could be observed observed but we really but we really can not see can not see the housesthe houses

101044

10 km10 km

At this At this height, the height, the state of state of Flórida - Flórida - USA, can be USA, can be seen..seen..

101055

100 km100 km

Typical sight from a satellite showing South Eastern United States

101066

1000 km1000 km

The The Northern Northern Hemisphere Hemisphere of Earth, of Earth, and part of and part of South South AmericaAmerica

101077

10,000 km10,000 km

Our Home Our Home - - Planet - - Planet Earth.Earth.

101088

100,000 km100,000 km

The Earth The Earth and the and the Moon’s Moon’s órbit in órbit in white.... white....

101099

1 millón km1 millón km

Part of the Earth’s Orbit in blue

101010 10

10 Millons km10 Millons km

10101111

100 millons km100 millons km

Órbits of Venus and Earth...

Órbits of: Órbits of: Mercury, Mercury, Venus, Venus, Earth, Mars Earth, Mars and and Júpiter.Júpiter.

10101212

1 billón km1 billón km

At this At this height of height of our trip, we our trip, we can can observe observe Our Solar Our Solar System System with the with the orbits of orbits of the planetsthe planets

1010131310 billons km10 billons km

10101414

100 Billons km100 Billons km

The Solar System starts looking small...

Planets are no longer visible, The Bright Sun is now only a small star

10101515

1 trillón km1 trillón km

At one At one light-light-year our year our little little Sun star Sun star is very is very smallsmall

10101616

1 light-year1 light-year

More More Space Space filled filled with with thousandthousands of Stars s of Stars of our of our Galaxy.Galaxy.

10101717

10 light-year10 light-year

““NothingNothing” ” Only Only stars and stars and Nebulae.Nebulae.....

10101818

100 light-years100 light-years

101019191,000 light-years1,000 light-years

At this At this distance distance we can we can start start seeing a seeing a section section of our of our Milky Milky Way Way galaxy.galaxy.

We are still We are still looking at a looking at a part of our part of our Milky Way Milky Way Galaxy. We Galaxy. We still can not still can not make out its make out its shapeshape

10102020

10,000 light-years10,000 light-years

Now we Now we start start seeing seeing the edges the edges of our of our Milky Way Milky Way Galaxy.Galaxy.

10102121

100,000 light-years100,000 light-years

At this At this tremendous tremendous distance we distance we can see the can see the entire Milky entire Milky Way Galaxy Way Galaxy and some and some other other galáxies galáxies too...too...

10102222

1 millión light-years1 millión light-years

From this From this distance we distance we are looking are looking at a small at a small group of group of Galaxies...Galaxies...

Each Galaxy Each Galaxy consists of consists of millions of millions of stars.stars.

Millions of Millions of galaxies in galaxies in the the universeuniverse

1010232310 million light-years10 million light-years

This is NOT the end of the This is NOT the end of the Universe... We will not be traveling Universe... We will not be traveling

further out to the edge of the further out to the edge of the universe... We will return from universe... We will return from

herehere

So let’s return, a little faster, up to So let’s return, a little faster, up to the point where we started and the point where we started and continue our trip in the opposite continue our trip in the opposite direction reducing distances of direction reducing distances of travel by factors of 10 into the travel by factors of 10 into the

micro-cosmos.micro-cosmos.

10102222

10102121

10102020

10101919

10101818

10101717

10101616

10101515

10101414

10101313

10101212

10101111

10101010

101099

101088

101077

101066

101055

101044

Questions Questions that come that come to our to our minds ...minds ...

Who are Who are we? we? Where are Where are we going? we going?

From From where did where did we come we come from?from?

What is our What is our End?End?

101033

Or... What Or... What do we do we represent represent in the in the Universe?Universe?

Earth - Earth - with ONLY with ONLY known LIFE known LIFE in the in the Cosmos..Cosmos..

What’s so What’s so special special about us?about us?

101022

In this trip In this trip

“upwards“upwards” we went ” we went to the to the power of power of 23 of 1023 of 10

101011

Now we Now we are going are going to dig to dig inside of inside of the the matter in matter in an an inverse inverse trip... trip... Into the Into the Micro Micro CosmosCosmos

We We arrived at arrived at our our starting starting point. point. A Bunch of A Bunch of leaves in leaves in an Oak an Oak TreeTree

101000

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

1010-1-1

10 Centímeters10 Centímeters

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

1010-2-2

1 Centímeter1 Centímeter

The cellular The cellular structures structures start start showing...Leshowing...Leaf magnified af magnified 10 times10 times

1010-3-3

1 Millímeter1 Millímeter

The Cells more defined on the Surface of the leaf magnified 100 times.

10-4

100 microns

Start of Start of our trip our trip inside the inside the an an individual individual leaf cellleaf cell

1010-5-510 microns10 microns

The The nucleus of nucleus of the cell is the cell is visible.visible.

1010-6-6

1 micrón1 micrón

Chromatin Threads in the Leaf Cell Nucleus.

1010-7-7

1000 Angstroms1000 Angstroms

In this micro In this micro universe the universe the DNA strands DNA strands are visible. are visible.

1010-8-8

100 Angstroms100 Angstroms

DNA DNA Neuclotide Neuclotide Building Building Blocks can Blocks can be seenbe seen

1010-9-9

10 Angstroms10 Angstroms

Peering Peering inside a inside a Carbon Carbon Atom.Atom.

The outer The outer Electron Electron cloud can cloud can be seen.be seen.

See how See how it looks it looks like the like the Macro-Macro-Cosmos!!Cosmos!!

1010-10-10

1 Angstrom1 Angstrom

In this miniature world the electrons orbit the nucleus.. Like the planets orbit the Stars

1010-11-11

10 picómeters10 picómeters

The The immense immense empty empty space space between between the the nucleous nucleous and the and the electron electron orbits...orbits...

1010-12-12

1 Picómeter1 Picómeter

At this At this incredibleincredibleminiscule miniscule size we size we could could observe observe the the nucleus of nucleus of the atom the atom beneath beneath the the electron electron shellsshells

1010-13-13

100 Fentómeters100 Fentómeters

Now we Now we could could observe observe the the nucleous nucleous of the of the carbon carbon atomatom

1010-14-14

10 Fentómeters10 Fentómeters

Face to Face to face with a face with a single single proton.proton.

1010-15-15

1 Fentómeter1 Fentómeter

The ‘quark’ The ‘quark’ partículespartícules

There is There is nowhere more nowhere more to go... At the to go... At the limits of limits of current current scientific scientific knowledge . knowledge .

This is the limit This is the limit of matter... of matter...

1010-16-16100 Atómeters100 Atómeters

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