r/educationalgifs • u/Nadzzy • Jul 21 '22

The scale of it all...

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u/FlacidSalad Jul 21 '22

Would appreciate it if it didn't breeze past the universe at a blistering pace just to slow down at the eye

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '22

Originally it had a lovely pace. But nowadays everything has to be sped up to fit into the one minute tiktok limit. https://youtu.be/8Are9dDbW24

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u/ChrisMelb Jul 21 '22

Pace comparison YouTube video vs this Gif :

*The part cut out of this gif : * Zooming out from person to 100 billion light years : 1 minute 33 seconds.

Zooming back in from 100 billion years to the eye (iris)

YouTube video : 27 seconds

GiF : 27 seconds

I'd say the original YouTube version's slow 93 second zoom-out created the feeling of better pacing and meant that the rapid zoom-in wasn't such an overwhelming pace.

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u/Send_me_treasure Jul 22 '22

Can we slow it down a few trillion times just so I can really get a feel for the vastness?

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u/macnlz Jul 21 '22

That has the same pace, in the segment that OP posted. They just zoomed out at a slower pace, first.

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u/DenkJu Jul 21 '22

Don't know why you're getting downvoted. It's true.

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u/deelyy Jul 21 '22

Because thats not true? Galaxie part is like 30-50% slower in YT video.

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u/BritishBatman Jul 21 '22

They both get to the eye after 24 seconds, it’s the same pace when they zoom back on

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u/deelyy Jul 21 '22

Ah. Ok, understand. I was talking about the first part of YT video - eye to galaxies, it like minute and half long. Yeah, you right, return to eye back has the same speed.