Valhalla Legends Forums Archive | Fun Forum™ | Zoom in from the galaxy to a quark

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thing2
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
June 12, 2005, 7:04 PM
Newby
That's pretty crazy.
June 12, 2005, 8:18 PM
Topaz
I remember seeing something like that in my grade school days
June 12, 2005, 8:25 PM
laurion
i wonder if thats real
June 12, 2005, 10:28 PM
Yoni
[quote author=Tazo link=topic=11808.msg115523#msg115523 date=1118615311]
i wonder if thats real
[/quote]
Depends. What is "real"? How do you define "real"?
1. Obviously we have no telemicroscope in outer space that can zoom into the cells of a leaf.
2. The images of things much smaller than cells are not related to reality. Especially quarks. At those distances, it's impossible to measure the color (== light wavelength), anyway. Anything known about the quarks' shape/color is probably purely theoretical/hypothetical or even made up to make the subject simpler to understand. As for atoms, come on. They are obviously drawn... Poorly. :)
3. Most of the outer space pictures are probably illustrational only, too.
June 13, 2005, 12:13 AM
warz
Saw almost that exact slide show in astronomy last semester.
June 13, 2005, 4:30 AM
LW-Falcon
Pretty cool :)
June 13, 2005, 7:39 AM
QwertyMonster
Lol nice :P
June 13, 2005, 2:50 PM
Intangir
i saw a similar one like 10 years ago, where it zoomed in towards a park in chicago, into a mans hand


anyone heard about that game quark? its going to be like the reverse ;) you start the game as a microscopic organism and evolve into ocean life, land life, then a comunity of beings, and then a city, cities, take over the planet, goto outer space, colonize the solar system, go to other solar systems, travel the entire galaxy!, it looks amazing, you discover all kinds of other life forms all over the galaxy if you havent seen it, ill post another link for it
June 16, 2005, 9:49 PM
Intangir
https://davnit.net/bnet/vL/phpbbs/index.php?topic=11862
June 16, 2005, 9:51 PM
peofeoknight
[quote author=Intangir link=topic=11808.msg116105#msg116105 date=1118958556]
i saw a similar one like 10 years ago, where it zoomed in towards a park in chicago, into a mans hand


anyone heard about that game quark? its going to be like the reverse ;) you start the game as a microscopic organism and evolve into ocean life, land life, then a comunity of beings, and then a city, cities, take over the planet, goto outer space, colonize the solar system, go to other solar systems, travel the entire galaxy!, it looks amazing, you discover all kinds of other life forms all over the galaxy if you havent seen it, ill post another link for it

[/quote] i saw that too... wasnt it in a bill nye video or something?
June 23, 2005, 5:02 AM

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