Pattern Recognition - 185

Find out the next number in the series.

21 , 22 , 24 , 216 , 24096, _ ,...................

Answer

21 , 22 , 24 , 216 , 24096, _ ,...................

21 , 2(2^1) , 2(2^2), 2(2^4) , 2(2^16), _ ,...................

Next number 2 (2^4096)

(2^4096) =Infinity 

Oops! I didn't realize it will get infinity.  

21 , 22 , 24 , 216 , 24096, 2 (2^4096) ,...................