How long does it take?

  • One beat of a fly’s wing: (1/1,000 second) 0.001 seconds
  • Flash of lightening: (1/1,000 second) 0.001 seconds
  • One beat of a hummingbird’s wing: (80 times a second) 0.0125 seconds
  • Mouse heartbeat: (10.8 times a second) 0.09 seconds
  • Blink a human eye: 0.33 seconds
  • Human heartbeat: 1.0 seconds
  • Land speed record: car ThrustSSC travelling 1 Km (0.62 miles) 2.9 seconds
  • Record-breaking Jamaican athlete Asafa powell to run 100m (328ft): 9.77 seconds
  • Bullet train to travel 1 Km (0.62 miles): 13.75 seconds
  • Space shuttle to travel 100 Km (62miles): 15 seconds
  • Light reaching Earth from the Sun: 497 seconds