Powers of Ten ----Photosynthesis

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Scale: 103 meters = 1 km = 1 kilometer

Nearby trees, the lake and laboratory roof Scale: 102 meters = 100 meters

Top of a large tree Scale: 101 meter = 10 meters

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

Magnified tree leaves Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meter = 10 centimeters

Cells on leaf surface vertical view cutaway view Scale: 10-3 meters = 1 mm = 1 millimeter

Zooming into a mesophyll cell Scale: 10-4 meters = 100 µm = 100 micrometers

Diagram of an individual leaf cell Scale: 10-5 meters = 10 µm = 10 micrometers

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

Thylakoid Scale: 10-7 meters = 100nm = 100 nanometers

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