powers of ten. ibm written in xenon atoms image from: 216pm or 0.000000000216m
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Powers of Ten
IBM written in Xenon Atoms
Image from: http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/nanoquest/atom_manipulation/images/ibm.jpg
216pm or 0.000000000216m
Each of the spheres forming IBM is an individual Xenon atom moved into position by an Atomic Force Microscope
Atomic Picometer 10-12m 0.000000000001m
The Structure of Carbon Dioxide
The Structure of Oxygen
The Structure of a Water Molecule
Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer
The Structure of DNA
Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer
DNA within a Virus
Scale: 10-8 meters = 10 nm = 10 nanometers
A Virus
Scale: 10-7 meters = 0.1 µm = 0.1 micrometer = 100 nm = 100 nanometers
Virus on a Bacterium
Scale: 10-6 meters = 1 µm = 1 micrometer
Bacterium
Scale: 10-5 meters = 10 µm = 10 micrometers
Pollen
Scale: 10-4 meters = 100 µm = 100 micrometers
A Bee's Eye
Scale: 10-3 meters = 1 mm = 1 millimeter
A Bee's Head
Scale: 10-2 meters = 1 cm = 1 centimeter
A Lily and a Bee
Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meter = 10 centimeters
The One-Meter Square
Scale: 100 meters = 1 meter: Light takes about 3 nanoseconds to cross this picture
A Pond with Lily Pads
Scale: 101 meter = 10 meters
Japanese Tea Garden
Scale: 102 meters = 100 meters
Golden Gate Park
Scale: 103 meters = 1 km = 1 kilometer
San Francisco
Scale: 104 meters = 10 km = 10 kilometers
The San Francisco Bay Area
Scale: 105 meters = 100 km = 100 kilometers
California
Scale: 106 meters = 1 Mm = 1 megameter
North and Central America
Scale: 107 meters = 10 Mm = 10 megameters
Earth
Scale: 108 meters = 100 Mm = 100 megameters