17.3M views · Dec 15, 2009 · 6:31 · 3 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2010–2020
The American Museum of Natural History's film flies from the Himalayas out through the atmosphere and solar system to the afterglow of the Big Bang, using its Digital Universe Atlas four-dimensional map.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN people share it as an eye-opening, moving visualization of the scale of the universe.
“So eye opening”HN comment, 2011
“Check out this video from the American Museum of Natural History”
Visualization of the known universe suggesting we are not alone.
Check out this video from the American Museum of Natural History: this video - It makes me think that we cannot be the only society in the universe - But it also makes be think that it is unlikely that we will find them in the near future or vice versa
“So eye opening”
Eye-opening tour of the known universe.
Seriously, it amazed me everything. You see everything life, from he mesh that holds the very matter to the limits of the universe; and you can control the hole this, with a Flash slider. Reminds me of the "Known Universe video from AMNH" So eye opening: this video
“Being a video it is not interactive, but definitely does strike something in me.”
Non-interactive but moving view of the universe's scale.
I am guessing you have liked this too - this video Being a video it is not interactive, but definitely does strike something in me. It's almost the Total Perspective Vortex.
“Interesting to see how far we have become in knowledge of outer space and rendering capabilities”
Modern rendering of outer space.
Interesting to see how far we have become in knowledge of outer space and rendering capabilities as can be seen in more recent videos such as this video
