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Name |
Timescale |
Description |
File Size |
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Cape Beach.3 |
Actual Elapsed Time: 14 hours (50,400 seconds) |
The tides flows in and out at a bay on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The tides complete one full cycle of two high and two... |
260 K |
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Nerve Cell.1 |
Approximate Elapsed Time: 20 microseconds (20 millionths of a second) |
Neurotransmitter molecules rain down on a nerve cell - connecting with a special structure called a receptor. As the receptor opens, sodium ions rush into... |
264 K |
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Sea Life |
Actual Elapsed Time: 17 minutes (1,000 seconds) |
Sea stars move much more slowly than fish. But in this scene (sped up 100 times) we can see sea stars move and interact... |
264 K |
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Dandelion |
Approximate Elapsed Time: 1 second |
The tiny seeds of a dandelion fly away in a strong breeze. With the naked eye, it appears that dandelion seeds fly off in... |
280 K |
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San Francisco Ships.2 |
Actual Elapsed Time: 2.8 hours (10,000 seconds) |
Ships speed out of San Francisco as the tide flows out. The tidal flow can't be seen in real time - it moves too slowly... |
284 K |
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New York Forest.4 |
Actual Elapsed Time: 4 months (10,500,000 seconds) |
In four months the landscape of this New England forest changes color completely. The green of summer makes way for the rich hues of... |
284 K |
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Nerve Cell.3 |
Actual Elapsed Time: 20 milliseconds (20 thousandths of a second) |
Nerve impulses race through a network of nerve cells - carrying information to different parts of the body. By slowing the action down 1,000 times... |
288 K |
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Continental Plates |
Approximate Elapsed Time: 240 million years (7,700 trillion seconds) |
All the continents of the world were once one large continent called Pangaea. Over the course of hundreds of millions of years, Pangaea became... |
292 K |
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Freezer |
Actual Elapsed Time: 20 hours |
A freezer uses "the force" to defrost itself, after years of imperial tyranny. A hero emerges from the ice and embarks on... |
3 MB |
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New York Forest.1 |
Actual Elapsed Time: 17 minutes (1,000 seconds) |
A mist shimmers in the early morning light falling on a New York forest. At normal speed, this scene would seem quiet and still... |
304 K |
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