Powers of Ten . ... The most famous short science film of its generation gives breathtaking comparisons. That film, Powers of Ten , originally created in the 1960s, has now been officially posted to YouTube and embedded above . ... From a picnic blanket near Chicago out past the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies , every ten seconds the film pans out to show a square a factor of ten times larger on each side. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...