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Three looks at the Earth and the Universe
International Space Station
“A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite (55sec) and the stars of our galaxy.”
Life on Earth
“This idea came to me by watching TV. After it was boosted with the current problems in Japan, in Libya. Images shocked me.” — ‘No comment’ by Gioacchino Petronicce, 2011, Music: Max Richter
The Known Universe as mapped through astronomical observations
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every satellite, moon, planet, star and galaxy is represented to scale and in it’s correct, measured location according to the best scientific research to-date.
Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History as the Digital Universe Atlas. (source) See also: American Museum of Natural History News
