Monday, 18 April 2016
An Associate Professor at The University of Western Australia has become an overnight viral sensation after a video he developed had an incredible 30 million views on Facebook.
UWA astrophysicist Dr Danail Obreschkow created the video several years ago, which aimed to give insight into the smallest elementary particles of the human eye and the furthermost regions of outer space.
The video uses real photographs obtained with modern telescopes and microscopes and takes the viewer 10-billion light years away and then back to within the atomic nucleus of the human eye.
The video is generated by an app also developed by Dr Obreschkow called ‘Cosmic Eye’ which is inspired by the classical movie 'Powers of Ten' (1977), directed by Charles and Ray Eames.
You can watch the video here
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