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Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe

posted by martyb on Monday November 19 2018, @10:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-feel-very-small dept.

AnonTechie writes:

A truly wonderful (30 minutes) visual experience:

On Friday, November 16, a unique film and musical experience, inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope's iconic Deep Field image, premieres at the Kennedy Space Center. The film, titled Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe, features a variety of Hubble's stunning imagery and includes 11 computer-generated visualizations of far-flung galaxies, nebulas, and star clusters developed by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), in Baltimore, Maryland. Those visualizations not only depict the awesome beauty of the universe, but also express the three-dimensional nature of celestial objects.

Deep Field is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Grammy award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre, producers Music Productions, multi award-winning artists 59 Productions, and STScI.

The film paints the incredible story of the Hubble Deep Field, an extraordinary portrait of the universe revealed by Hubble when it was pointed at a tiny and completely dark patch of sky for a total exposure time of about six days. What it revealed was an image that contained over 3,000 galaxies scattered across space and time.

New film celebrates Hubble Space Telescope

[Video]: Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe

[YouTube]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDiD8F9ItX0

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by PartTimeZombie on Monday November 19 2018, @11:15PM (2 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Monday November 19 2018, @11:15PM (#764060)

    I am currently listening to "Tales from Topographic Oceans" which might go really well with this movie.

    I should probably give Mr. Whitacre's music a chance I suppose, but something tells me that they did this right sometime before 1976.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @11:20PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @11:20PM (#764064)

    Nous Sommes du Soleil!

    One of my favorite albums (and I do mean albums; you don't cram Roger Dean art onto a tiny CD cover!).

    • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday November 20 2018, @12:22AM

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday November 20 2018, @12:22AM (#764085)

      The consensus seems to be that sides 1 & 2 are great, sides 3 & 4 are not great.

      I'm with you though. I like Nous Sommes du Soleil which is side 4.

      I'm not a huge fan of vinyl myself, but the 12" format made for a great space to put some art, and Roger Dean took advantage didn't he?