Orders of Magnitude The relative size of things, one zero at a time
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1 metre

    Sixty-two powers of ten

    Orders of Magnitude

    From the edge of the observable universe to the smallest length that physics can describe. Every step is ten times wider, or ten times closer, than the last.

    Inspired by Powers of Ten (1977) by Charles and Ray Eames, and the 1982 book by Philip and Phylis Morrison, after Kees Boeke's Cosmic View. An independent tribute; not affiliated with the Eames Office. Earth imagery: NASA Blue Marble (NASA Earth Observatory, via GIBS). Aerial imagery: USGS and USDA, The National Map. Picnic photograph: Benjamin Coria, via Pexels. DNA structure: Protein Data Bank entry 1BNA.