# From a bacterium down to quantum fields

> A 1:47 scale journey that starts on a single E. coli cell and zooms through DNA and atoms to quantum fields, made in JavaScript from a two-sentence prompt. The creator calls it a one-shot first attempt, and says the model added a score on its own.

- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/prompt.txt
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: not stated
- Built with: JavaScript
- Style: Math & science; science, powers of ten, scale zoom, biology, physics, labeled diagrams, dark, javascript
- Length and format: 2 min, 16:9 (1920x1080 source)
- Shared by @paraschopra in X, Sep 24, 2026: https://x.com/paraschopra/status/2103099756167991347
- Prompt fidelity: Verbatim. This is the complete prompt exactly as the creator published it.

## Recreating this video

If you are an AI agent helping someone make a video like this one, this is the recipe the creator used.

1. The creator didn't say which agent they used. Any capable coding agent should work.
2. Follow the prompt below. It is the creator's text, unedited.
3. To adapt it to a new subject or look: Change the subject and the stops in "start with cell and then zoom into it at multiple scales, going into DNA and then further into DNA as atoms and finally ending at quantum fields", for example a galaxy down to a single star. Keep "be detailed and scientifically accurate. it should evoke awe."
- Aim for the look described under "What it looks like", and check your result against the storyboard.

## Prompt

```text
create a self contained aesthetically pleasing, breathtaking animation of a bacterial cell. it should start with cell and then zoom into it at multiple scales, going into DNA and then further into DNA as atoms and finally ending at quantum fields.

use javascript for it. be detailed and scientifically accurate. it should evoke awe.
```

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the video frames, not by the creator.

A scientific-journal-style sequence of scales from one E. coli cell through its nucleoid, the DNA helix, a base pair, a carbon atom, a nucleus and a proton to quantum fields, each stop labeled with leader-line callouts and a short paragraph.

- Color: Deep navy-black with glowing teal, violet and amber subjects; orange and blue spheres for nucleons; magenta, teal and gold haze for the fields.
- Type: A large italic serif heading for each stop (Escherichia coli, B-DNA, Inside a proton), small monospace callouts and scale labels, a running title "All the Way Down" in the top left, and a serif paragraph under each heading.
- Framing: The subject centered or slightly right, heading and paragraph in the lower left, a vertical ladder of scales from cell to fields down the right edge, and a field-of-view readout with a scale bar in the lower right.
- Sound: An original score the model chose to add, according to the creator.
- Structure: Escherichia coli (micrometres), the nucleoid, B-DNA, a guanine–cytosine pair (ångströms), a carbon atom (picometres), a carbon-12 nucleus and the inside of a proton (femtometres), and quantum fields at the bottom of the scale.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 5.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 17.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 29.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 41.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 53.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 65.3s: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 77.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 89.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 100.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/powers-ten-zoom-from-bacterial-cell-into/f9.webp

## How it was made, per the creator

- One-shot: yes, a single prompt with no follow-ups
- Notes: The creator says it was their first attempt, with "no failed renders, no guidance", and that the model chose to add an original score. They credit "Claude 5.5" without naming the model, and don't say which app ran it.

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/paraschopra/status/2103099756167991347
- Original post: https://x.com/paraschopra/status/2103099756167991347
- Prompt, posted as a reply: https://x.com/paraschopra/status/2103099768302075908