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Powers of Ten. Earth. Scale: 10 8 meters = 100 Mm = 100 megameters. North and Central America. Scale: 10 7 meters = 10 Mm = 10 megameters. California. Scale: 10 6 meters = 1 Mm = 1 megameter. The San Francisco Bay Area. Scale: 10 5 meters = 100 km = 100 kilometers. San Francisco.
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Earth Scale: 108 meters = 100 Mm = 100 megameters
North and Central America Scale: 107 meters = 10 Mm = 10 megameters
California Scale: 106 meters = 1 Mm = 1 megameter
The San Francisco Bay Area Scale: 105 meters = 100 km = 100 kilometers
San Francisco Scale: 104 meters = 10 km = 10 kilometers
Golden Gate Park Scale: 103 meters = 1 km = 1 kilometer
Japanese Tea Garden Scale: 102 meters = 100 meters
A Pond with Lily Pads Scale: 101 meter = 10 meters
The One-Meter Square Scale: 100 meters = 1 meter: Light takes about 3 nanoseconds to cross this picture
A Lily and a Bee Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meter = 10 centimeters
A Bee's Head Scale: 10-2 meters = 1 cm = 1 centimeter
A Bee's Eye Scale: 10-3 meters = 1 mm = 1 millimeter
Pollen Scale: 10-4 meters = 100 µm = 100 micrometers
Bacterium Scale: 10-5 meters = 10 µm = 10 micrometers
Virus on a Bacterium Scale: 10-6 meters = 1 µm = 1 micrometer
A Virus Scale: 10-7 meters = 0.1 µm = 0.1 micrometer = 100 nm = 100 nanometers
DNA within a Virus Scale: 10-8 meters = 10 nm = 10 nanometers
The Structure of DNA Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer
The Structure of water molecule Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer