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Elizabeth's avatar

You would love the NFB Film Cosmic Zoom. I used it once to open a international meeting. When it finished ( It is not long), an older Indonesian said quietly. "It is a prayer"

- It begins with a boy rowing a boat on the Ottawa River.

- The camera then zooms out—past Earth, the solar system, and deep into the universe.

- Then it zooms back in, returning to the boy, and dives into the microscopic world through a mosquito on his hand.

- The journey ends at the atomic level, before zooming back out to the original scene.

It’s a mesmerizing visual exploration of scale—from the cosmic to the cellular—and all without a single word. You can watch it on the NFB’s official site if it’s available in your region.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/cosmic_zoom/

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Bill's avatar

To paraphrase Dr von Newman, “facts are like people, torture them enough and they’ll tell you whatever you want to hear."

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