Cosmic Voyage is a 1996 short documentary produced in the IMAX format, directed by Bayley Silleck and narrated by Morgan Freeman. The film was presented by the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum[1], and played in IMAX theaters worldwide. The film has been made available to private audiences by its release to DVD. Dawsons Creek director, see Morgan J. Freeman. ... Warner Bros. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... IMAX theatre at the Melbourne Museum complex, Australia BFI London IMAX by night IMAX dome in Guayaquil, Ecuador Glasgow Imax on the left (Part of the Glasgow Science Centre IMAX (short for Image Maximum) is a film format created by Canadas IMAX Corporation that has the capacity to display... Dawsons Creek director, see Morgan J. Freeman. ... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ... National Air and Space Museum exterior The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

Synopsis

Cosmic Voyage takes on a similar format as IBM's classic "Powers of Ten" educational video. The film takes viewers on a journey through forty-two orders of magnitude, beginning at a celebration in Italy to zoom to the outer limit of human visibility. The view descends back to earth, and later zooms in upon a raindrop on a leaf, to the level of sub-atomic particles ("quarks"). International Business Machines Corporation (known as IBM or Big Blue; NYSE: IBM) is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. ... Powers of Ten is a 1977 short documentary film written and directed by Charles Eames and his wife, Ray. ... An order of magnitude is the class of scale or magnitude of any amount, where each class contains values of a fixed ratio to the class preceding it. ... Properties In chemistry and physics, an atom (Greek ἄτομος or átomos meaning indivisible) is the smallest particle still characterizing a chemical element. ... These are the six flavors of quarks and their most likely decay modes. ...

In addition, the film offers some brief insight on the Big Bang Theory, black holes, and the development of our Solar System. It also simulates a journey through Fermilab's Tevatron particle accelerator in Chicago, where an atom collision is depicted. According to the Big Bang theory, the universe originated in an infinitely dense and physically paradoxical singularity. ... Simulated view of a black hole in front of the Milky Way. ... Major features of the Solar System (not to scale; from left to right): Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, the asteroid belt, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and its Moon, and Mars. ... Aerial view of the Fermilab site. ... Tevatron is a circular particle accelerator (or synchrotron) at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. ... For the DC Comics Superhero also called Atom Smasher, see Albert Rothstein. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ...

Recognition

Cosmic Voyage was nominated for a 1997 Oscar Award under the category of Best Documentary Short Subject[2]. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... This is a list of films that have received an Oscar and nomination for best documentary short subject. ...