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IBM written in Xenon Atoms

Image from: http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/nanoquest/atom_manipulation/images/ibm.jpg

216pm or 0.000000000216m

Each of the spheres forming IBM is an individual Xenon atom moved into position by an Atomic Force Microscope

Atomic Picometer 10-12m 0.000000000001m

The Structure of Carbon Dioxide

The Structure of Oxygen

The Structure of a Water Molecule

Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer

The Structure of DNA

Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer

DNA within a Virus

Scale: 10-8 meters = 10 nm = 10 nanometers

A Virus

Scale: 10-7 meters = 0.1 µm = 0.1 micrometer = 100 nm = 100 nanometers

Virus on a Bacterium

Scale: 10-6 meters = 1 µm = 1 micrometer

Bacterium

Scale: 10-5 meters = 10 µm = 10 micrometers

Pollen

Scale: 10-4 meters = 100 µm = 100 micrometers

A Bee's Eye

Scale: 10-3 meters = 1 mm = 1 millimeter

A Bee's Head

Scale: 10-2 meters = 1 cm = 1 centimeter

A Lily and a Bee

Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meter = 10 centimeters

The One-Meter Square

Scale: 100 meters = 1 meter: Light takes about 3 nanoseconds to cross this picture

A Pond with Lily Pads

Scale: 101 meter = 10 meters

Japanese Tea Garden

Scale: 102 meters = 100 meters

Golden Gate Park

Scale: 103 meters = 1 km = 1 kilometer

San Francisco

Scale: 104 meters = 10 km = 10 kilometers

The San Francisco Bay Area

Scale: 105 meters = 100 km = 100 kilometers

California

Scale: 106 meters = 1 Mm = 1 megameter

North and Central America

Scale: 107 meters = 10 Mm = 10 megameters

Earth

Scale: 108 meters = 100 Mm = 100 megameters